"Design" was Re: Tech Writing a Growing Field?

[Gene Kim-Eng]

I could've used one of those tablets at the company that 
spawned my comment on this subject (the one that wanted 
to dump the responsibility for documenting the design 
process entirely on the tech writers because the engineering 
group refused to participate in it).

Gene Kim-Eng


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joanne Wittenbrook" <jwittenbrook at ameritech.net>


> >As a technical writer I do not have "to  understand ... process for 
>>designing a planetary gear train,"  I am  there to support you in documenting the 
>>process.  You are the Subject  Matter Expert (SME) and it is my 
>>assigned job to support you in documenting  the process.  After I document the 
>>process, it is your job to ensure  that what I documented it correctly and I did 
>>not miss anything.  We  are a team, sometimes only 2 people, sometimes the 
>>entire staff working on  the project
>  -----------------------------------
> I'd like to get this engraved on a stone tablet for my office.
>  Joanne