Re: how long does "fixing" a document take

[Peter Neilson <neilson -at- windstream -dot- net>]

It appears that there was a difference in understanding over what 
actually needed to be accomplished. Your manager felt that the material 
was technically perfect, since it came from the software developer, and 
all you had to do was cross your eyes and dot the teas. Five minutes per 
page, tops! You, as a competent technical writer, (and I as an ignorant 
kibbitzer) felt otherwise.

It might not hurt to produce documentation plans for the recurrences of 
this situation. Don't ask if you should write the docplans, just make 
some, and show them to your boss. Perhaps you could describe various 
approaches from "quick edit" to "involved analysis" and list the steps 
involved in each. Then if she's in a hurry she can decide which steps 
she wants omitted.

I've noticed that one often gets further by making the boss's job easier 
than one does by arguing with the boss.
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