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>Well, Information Mapping has only been around for 25 years. It is a
>methodology that is people, platform and application independent.
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>I'm not trying to sell it to anyone, I'm just pointing out a fact.
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>Jody LaFerriere - jodyl -at- infomap -dot- com
>Information Mapping Inc.
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>From: Don Sargent[SMTP:don -dot- sargent -at- TEMPLATE -dot- COM]
>Sent: Monday, July 28, 1997 1:01 PM
>Subject: Odd survey explained
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>I asked Jack Bonney why he was conducting the survey
>he posted here. His reply...
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>nothing exists that resembles a methodology, rather, most discussion
>centers around "style" as if every manual should be different for some
>unspecified reason -- in fact, there is an annual contest at the
>university of waterloo that gives merit for "best looking manual".
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>we view this work as a vital aspect of administrative management that
>has been overlooked for far too long -- in re-engineering a solution
>that should be people-, platform-, and application-independent it is
>necessary to research prevailing opinions, comments, and suggestions
>and then try to separte fact from fiction.
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