Re: Centralized vs. Decentralized tech writers

[Katav <katav -at- YAHOO -dot- COM>]

At first blush, scattering TWs around seems a terrible waste of
resources for the company AND the TWs -- not only can a(n over)load be
shared among writers, but the writers can easily turn to their peers
to resolve sundry problems. If documents need the same look and feel
-- and by this scrivener, similar documents ... including internal
pubs ... SHOULD have the same appearance for more rapid comprehension.

The flip side is that "dedicated-to-a-group" TWs probably know their
subject area better than "just any ol' TW" and having a "captive" TW
means managers don't have to consider other departments when juggling
"their" TWs' time.

This scrivener would prefer not only a TW group accepting work from
various "clients," but a group  handling ALL documentation (from
advertising copy [development, at least] and marketing to proposals,
pr, and training.



---Heather Ross <Heather -dot- Louise -dot- Ross -at- THEMUTUALGROUP -dot- COM> wrote:

Currently, the tech writers here are scattered around.
:
> The group of TWs here is currently looking at the benefits/drawbacks
of
> organizing ourselves into one Technical Communications department.
I'd be

==
Katav ( katav -at- yahoo -dot- com )
''Despise not any person and do not deem anything unworthy
of consideration, for there is no person without his hour,
and no thing without its place'' {Ben Azzai [Avot 4:2]}

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