Re: Developments in the review cycle

[Keith Hood <bus -dot- write -at- gmail -dot- com>]

Like everything else I can name, the "good old days" model of documentation
production was a reality in only a very tiny minority of companies, and a
pipe dream everywhere else. I've been a tech writer for 25 years, and only
once have I worked in a company where your waterfall model was actually in
use. Everywhere else, it was always a confused jumble.

What's the difference between "dynamic" and "chaotic"? The places I've
been, I couldn't see a dime's worth difference between them.

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On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 12:07 AM, Erika Yanovich <ERIKA_y -at- rad -dot- com> wrote:

> In the "good old days", tech writers followed the Outline-First
> draft-Second-draft-Camera ready model. We would submit an entire
> publication for review (perhaps with some minor TBDs inside) and the world
> was a simpler place.
>
> What I see nowadays is more dynamic: partial drafts (or bunch of topics)
> sent to different reviewers at different times. The stages are blurred and
> the follow-up more complicated.
>
> I know some of you don't believe in complete publications anymore, just in
> separate topics that get compiled daily (or whenever) into a larger entity,
> but publications are still alive and kicking out there.
>
> So my questions are:
> 1. Do you also see this transformation?
> 2. If yes, how do you cope with it?
> 3. Should we manage each chunk separately according to the old model
> (sounds a bit crazy) or replace the old model with a new one?
>
> Erika
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