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

[Caroline Tabach <caroline -dot- tabach -at- gmail -dot- com>]

There are a number of things:
1. Send with an email, "if I do not get comments by Thursday I will
assume that you approve the user guide and this will be distributed."
2. Send a mail with cc to all relevant people that the book has been
sent for approval and since x had no comments it will be published.
In both ways, the SME is now responsible.


The other thing to bear in mind is that each person has different ways
of reviewing material.

Some people like to mark up a PDF, others like to write on a print out.
For some it is enough to send an email, for others you yourself have
to print out the material for review and go to their office with a
hard copy.  So maybe if they did not answer mail, maybe they will
react to a print out that you wave in front of their face (physically)
Often, you have not written an entirely new book, but just updated sections.
If only part of a book has changed, it is often useful to send only
the new sections for review and not the complete book



On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 9:27 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


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