Re: giving a toss about documentation

["Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>]

I ceased attempting to convince corporate management
of the value of documentation a long time ago.  Now I
concentrate on determining what the management view
of documentation already is at a prospective employer
and consider that when making decisions about job 
offers.  Note my emphasis on *management view.*
Individual engineers and other contributors' views on
product documentation are of secondary importance, so 
long as I can count on management to hold the line on 
not allowing product to ship without it and on holding
product managers responsible for ensuring that the
requirements for their projects are lined up and in
place when they are needed.  

My message to executives asking me about technical 
publications:  tell me that you want it and I will tell 
you how I can make it work for you; ask me why you 
need it and I am not the tech pubs manager for you.

Gene Kim-Eng



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