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Re: Doc. Departments in the corporate org. structure
Subject:Re: Doc. Departments in the corporate org. structure From:"Laura A Mac Lemale" <lmaclemale -at- paychex -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 21 Dec 2000 11:52:48 -0500
Season's Greetings everyone,
Jgarison -at- ide -dot- com said:
>
> Development, IMHO, is the best place to be. That way, you are
> organizationally aligned with the rest of the people who develop the
> products your company sells. In my book, if it goes on the CD (or in the
> box) it must be done by a development group.
>
> It sure beats being part of marketing or support.
Specifically in the software industry, it may make sense to maintain some leadership connection between the Doc department and Development, if only to make project management a bit easier. A shared manager/director/VP who understands (and appreciates!) what both groups are trying to accomplish may be a valuable resource if it ever becomes difficult to share information between groups.
(Of course, not that that ever happens... :)
JMHO,
Laura MacLemale
Technical Writer
Paychex, Inc.
Rochester, NY USA
lmaclemale -at- paychex -dot- com
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this message represent those of the sender and not of Paychex, Inc.
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