RE: What do you do when you don't have anyone with the time to reviewand edit your docs

["Dan Goldstein" <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com>]

I use customized voting buttons on Outlook, outside the actual review
process: "I have reviewed it and passed it on; I have it now; I haven't
received it yet..." etc.

The shared e-mail update reinforces the team aspect of the review
process -- no easy task, since each person reviews the documents alone. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Swallow
> Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 7:44 PM
> To: Wade Courtney
> Cc: TECHWR-L
> Subject: Re: What do you do when you don't have anyone with 
> the time to review and edit your docs
> 
> 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!
> 


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