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Re: Has anyone ever written the user guide before the product was developed (coded)?
Subject:Re: Has anyone ever written the user guide before the product was developed (coded)? From:Richard Mateosian <xrmxrm -at- gmail -dot- com> To:TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Thu, 11 Nov 2010 15:34:59 -0800
For years I've been saying we should do it that way, but I don't know
of any project ever done that way. ...RM
On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 12:51 PM, Vanessa ScottSabic
<vanessascottsabic -at- nanometrics -dot- ca> wrote:
> . . . the idea was proposed that we try to
> write the user guide before the product is coded so that the developers
> design what we have documented instead of us documenting what they have
> designed.
> Has anyone tried anything like this? Would anyone be willing to share your
> experiences/tips?
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Richard Mateosian <xrm -at- pacbell -dot- net>
Berkeley, California
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