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Subject:Re: Engineering specs: The way it spozed to be? From:Richard Lewis <tech44writer -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:stevefjong -at- comcast -dot- net, techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Fri, 22 Sep 2006 11:53:06 -0700 (PDT)
Steve:
The triggering mechanism are changes to the essential. From what I understand, you need to be able to identify the changes to the essential functionality and deprioritize the changes to the non-essential. If so, contact me off-line.
Richard Lewis
stevefjong -at- comcast -dot- net wrote:
Paraphrasing the VP's concern: "I don't expect you to update the end-user documentation every time the engineers make a change. But I don't want them to update a spec every time they make a change, either. What is the triggering mechanism? What changes should be written down, and when? I want you to answer that question."
This is a wide-open situation. I have my own ideas, but I'm interested in the theoretical question too. If you could offer any solution, what would you suggest?
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