Re: Peer Review Process/Best Practices

[wendy_lewis -at- goodyear -dot- com]

I used to work at a software development company that had a unique review 
cycle. Never in the 7 years I was there, did anyone read a whole manual. 
Maybe small sections. So I was pretty much the writer and editor, final 
answer, and all that.
At some point, someone noticed. 
The boss had me print ALL of my manuals, about 20, and took me and all 
10-15 engineers to Starbucks. He opened an account and made the engineers 
sit there and read the manuals. We had a variety of colored pens and no 
doc was complete till it had two different reviewers mark it up and sign 
off. They thought it was going to be a slack off day. HA!
It also kept me busy for months afterwards cleaning everything up.

Wendy Lewis
>
>  Is there anybody out there using a slightly formalized process for 
getting
>  documents reviewed prior to delivery? If you are, can you share some 
best
>  practices?

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