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Subject:RE: Business team or the Development team? From:"Giordano, Connie" <Connie -dot- Giordano -at- FMR -dot- COM> To:"'Uma'" <uma_p_m -at- yahoo -dot- com>, TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 9 Dec 1999 13:17:53 -0500
A lot of software shops have taken to separating support from marketing and
from development, so you have a kind of "triumvirate". Then it's easy to
figure out where TW fits in. The last three companies I've worked for were
organized this way, and I was always in the support division. Where you
don't have a separate support division, you'll likely to get as many
different answers as subscribers to this list!
Connie Giordano
-----Original Message-----
From: Uma
In an organizational structure, does a Techncial
Writer belong in the development division (which makes
products) or the marketing division (which sells
products). Most likely a TW belongs in a team called
Support Functions but which of the above divisons
would the support team be part of?
I'll appreciate all inputs on this.
Thanks and regards.
