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Subject:Re: Expectations (possible rant - it IS Friday!) From:slb -at- westnet -dot- com -dot- au To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Mon, 21 Feb 2005 08:57:04 -0700
> > > Working to the development schedule and planning are necessary
> > > but not sufficient attributes for successful tech writing.
>
> Huh? I could produce the greatest deliverabvle ever seen, but if it
> doesn't get done until 24 hours after development has it going out
> the door, it's a doorstop.
>
> Likewise, if I forget to plan for the 48 hours that repro needs to
> produce the 1,000 books, the product is delivered late and that is
> NOT success.
So then you're saying that working to the development schedule is
necessary, and planning is necessary? And perhaps those two things,
though necessary, aren't sufficient--other attributes are also
required for success?
OK John, you've won me over. I think I can agree to that...
Agreeably yours
Stuart
ps. I thought "necessary but not sufficient" was a pretty common
and well understood idea, but maybe not. Google thinks it is...
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