RE: Tips on how to talk to SMEs

Subject: RE: Tips on how to talk to SMEs
From: "Cardimon, Craig" <ccardimon -at- M-S-G -dot- com>
To: 'Dan Goldstein' <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com>, "'techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com'" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 13:08:22 +0000

I would also tend to disagree with it. It makes for discussion, though, does it not?

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From: techwr-l-bounces+ccardimon=m-s-g -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com [mailto:techwr-l-bounces+ccardimon=m-s-g -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On Behalf Of Dan Goldstein
Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 9:04 AM
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: RE: Tips on how to talk to SMEs

I respectfully disagree with:

"The SME assumes that the project was programmed in a way that everyone
should be able to understand it without documentation, since no one
looks at it anyway."

Those two generalizations about SMEs are often false, and they're also
contradictory. I would never project those attitudes onto an SME prior
to discussing the work.


-----Original Message-----
From: Craig Cardimon
Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 8:20 AM
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: Tips on how to talk to SMEs

These suggestions might help:

http://morespecifically.wordpress.com/2011/07/13/play-nice-with-an-sme/





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References:
Tips on how to talk to SMEs: From: Craig Cardimon
RE: Tips on how to talk to SMEs: From: Dan Goldstein

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