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Subject:Re: Tips on how to talk to SMEs From:Ruth Sessions <ruthsessions03051 -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Wed, 13 Jul 2011 06:48:38 -0700 (PDT)
The engineer might be interested in your input if you can get involved in the project early enough in the process.
If you want to propose design changes after several test cycles, you have to accept that the engineer
might not be able to address your suggestions until the next version.
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From: "Cardimon, Craig" <ccardimon -at- M-S-G -dot- com>
To: 'Kerstin Peterson' <kerstin -dot- peterson -at- gmail -dot- com>; "'techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com'" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 9:24 AM
Subject: RE: Tips on how to talk to SMEs
It is their baby. We always think our own baby is cute and adorable.
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Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 9:14 AM
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: Re: Tips on how to talk to SMEs
I think the point here that is not quite being made is that the SME
(assuming it is the engineer that developed the product, which is sometimes
not true) feels that the product is easy to understand, because s/he does.
On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 9:08 AM, Cardimon, Craig <ccardimon -at- m-s-g -dot- com>wrote:
> I would also tend to disagree with it. It makes for discussion, though,
> does it not?
>
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> techwr-l-bounces+ccardimon=m-s-g -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On Behalf Of Dan
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> 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
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> Subject: Tips on how to talk to SMEs
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> These suggestions might help:
>
>http://morespecifically.wordpress.com/2011/07/13/play-nice-with-an-sme/
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