40-hour weeks

Fri Jul 6 11:08:21 MDT 2007

And it could be a series, "The care and feeding of..."
with various industries and relationships represented.
:)

--- richard.melanson at us.tel.com wrote:

> " The care and feeding of SME's...I LOVE IT!! Sounds
> like a million dollar 
> selling book to me! :)"
> 
> LMAO, and I agree, this is a New York Times best
> seller for sure  ;-)
> Rick
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of Melissa Nelson
> Sent: Friday, July 06, 2007 11:30 AM
> To: techwr-l at lists.techwr-l.com
> Subject: RE: 40-hour weeks
> 
> The care and feeding of SME's...I LOVE IT!! Sounds
> like a million dollar 
> selling book to me! :)
> 
> Melissa
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >From: "Dori Green" <dgreen at associatedbrands.com>
> >To: <techwr-l at lists.techwr-l.com>
> >Subject: RE: 40-hour weeks
> >Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 11:27:12 -0400
> >
> >Melissa Nelson wrote:  wanna form a support group?
> :)
> >
> >*********************
> >
> >It's called STC, the official support group for
> writers struggling to get 
> >the doggone info.  I did a presentation at our
> local chapter's spring 
> >conference on care and feeding of (and info
> extraction from resistant) 
> >SMEs.
> >
> >Dori Green
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > >From: Richard Lewis <tech44writer at yahoo.com>
> > >To: Kevin McLauchlan
> <kmclauchlan at safenet-inc.com>,TECHWR-L
> > ><techwr-l at lists.techwr-l.com>
> > >Subject: RE: 40-hour weeks Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007
> 07:44:32 -0700 (PDT)
> > >
> > >Only about 20% of my time per week is productive
> - that includes analysis
> > >(i.e., learning).   Where does the rest of the
> time go?   In my current
> > >assignment, I am driving enterprise-wide
> integration efforts (i.e., I am
> > >doing a bunch of essential data flow diagrams).  
> I have to talk with a
> > >large number of analysts, managers, etc to tie
> their automation efforts
> > >together.  (Their documentation of what they are
> doing is largely 
> >useless:
> > >I want to know what they are doing, and all they
> ever want to document is
> > >how they are doing what they are doing.)
> > >
> > >   Soooooo much time is wasted in trying to get
> answers to my questions
> > >(i.e., not on learning, but in getting the
> learning inputs).   There are
> > >two main reasons for this:
> > >
> > >   *  Most people spend just about all of their
> time focused on things 
> >that
> > >are either are non-relevant, or that should not
> be considered until much
> > >later in a project.   These people - often senior
> level  - are basically
> > >incapable of  answering questions about some of
> the most important things
> > >for which they are charged.
> > >
> > >   *  Some people are very turf conscious.   They
> feel that if I know the
> > >essentials of what they know that it subtracts
> from their power base.
> > >
> > >   This is the way the work world works except in
> some rare, 
> >highly-focused
> > >efforts - people working 41 or MORE hours per
> week focused on the trivial 
> >-
> > >and taking forever to get some minor thing done.
> > >
> > >   Richard Lewis
> > >
> > >
> > >Kevin McLauchlan <kmclauchlan at safenet-inc.com>
> wrote:
> > >   On Behalf Of Richard Lewis wrote:
> > >
> > > > I work a max of 40 hours a week. Of that, only
> about 20% of my time is
> > > > productive.
> > >
> > >Ah, but remember that old joke:
> > >
> > >Homeowner has plumbing problem and calls plumber.
> > >Plumber arrives, surveys situation for a couple
> of minutes, hauls out a 
> >big
> > >pipe-wrench and hits the pipe hard.
> > >"That'll be $200", sez the plumber.
> > >The homeowner is outraged. "Whaddya mean $200!?
> All you did was whack the
> > >pipe! I could have done that!"
> > >Plumber ponders for a few seconds, scribbles on a
> pad and hands homeowner
> > >an
> > >itemized bill ~
> > >"Hitting pipe ... $5.00
> > >Knowing where to hit ... $195.00"
> > >
> > >At least some of that other eighty percent of
> your time is where you 
> >learn
> > >all about "where to hit". Yes?
> > >
> > >Kevin
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >---------------------------------
> > >Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha!
> > >Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for
> today's economy) at Yahoo!
> > >Games.
> >
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