Re: What do you do when you don't have anyone with the time to review and edit your docs

[Bill Swallow <techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com>]

I always send my material for review in chunks, set a deadline, cc the
appropriate managers, and set electronic reminders. I also follow up
in person early on in the review cycle, mainly as an unspoken reminder
that a real live person does in fact depend on them to review the
info. If there's no traction, the managers are contacted for a nudge.
If that doesn't work, I escalate.

Generally I try to avoid any form of conflict by planning the reviews
early on, identify the reviewers early on, and give everyone involved
a heads-up and set the expectations with them. I treat them as part of
the project, not part of the process, because... well, they are!

On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 2:27 PM, Wade Courtney <wade -dot- courtney -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've just recently finished a user guide. I've sent it out for review, and I
> have reviewed and edited it many times myself, but I am at a point where I
> can no longer spot my mistakes. What do you do when there is no one to read
> your stuff, and they still want to push out the docs anyway without a proper
> review.
>
> I feel (sorry David) that they are going to come back to me and nail me for
> mistakes, even though they know that there wasn't a proper review. I have
> worked for employers in the past that expected perfection. I realize that
> this concept is not realistic, but it's still very prominent.
>
> Am I making sense? Does anyone have any advice?

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