Re: "Design" was Re: Tech Writing a Growing Field?

Subject: Re: "Design" was Re: Tech Writing a Growing Field?
From: Ned Bedinger <doc -at- edwordsmith -dot- com>
To: Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>
Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2007 13:50:26 -0700

Gene Kim-Eng wrote:
> One of the strongest reasons I've observed (and the most valid, IMO)
> is the fear that once they document their requirements, processes,
> schedules, etc., some pointy-headed, bean-counting manager is going
> to come along and impale them if they don't follow it all to the letter.
> In one company I worked with, the development team documented its
> project schedules in detail, but concealed the schedules because they
> knew that if a certain member of the company's board of directors
> got hold of it they would find themselves being grilled on why a
> particular task took them *six* days to complete when the MS
> Project Gantt chart said it was going to take *five.*


It would be funny if it wasn't so irritating to have such
uncomprehending oversight. In a perfect world, the bean-counters and
executives would have to come up through the ranks, so they would know
how work works. What methodology can fix that, I wonder.
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References:
Re: "Design" was Re: Tech Writing a Growing Field?: From: HBacheler
Re: "Design" was Re: Tech Writing a Growing Field?: From: Gene Kim-Eng
Re: "Design" was Re: Tech Writing a Growing Field?: From: Ned Bedinger
Re: "Design" was Re: Tech Writing a Growing Field?: From: Gene Kim-Eng

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