Re: MS Word 2003 - Working without a template

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

According to Sylvia's original post, this individual has been 
working almost full-time on this template.  If this is the case,
it sounds as if there has been little if any "productivity" to
increase. It certainly doesn't sound as if Sylvia thinks he's
very productive.

At best, this contractor has done a poor job of communicating
the value of the work he's been doing.  At worst, he hasn't
been doing work that is of value to the person in the company 
he was hired to support.  

GeneK


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jonathan West" <jwest -at- mvps -dot- org>
> Not necessarily. If there is a months work involved in putting
> together a good template, then  it might well take a year if the only
> time available is a couple of hours a week squeezed out of other
> projects. Also, if management doesn't believe in the need for
> templates, even if the template is completed, how would it get
> "incorporated into the document process"? It could only be used
> privately by the author to increase his own personal productivity.
> 
> I would take a lot less than a month over it, but then I do this sort
> of thing all the time and I have a code library for the purpose
> already tested & debugged.
>
> If that is the case, then I agree that Sylvia would have justifiable
> cause for complaint.

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