RE: Assumptions, the audience and arithmetic?

["SM Rush" <sellar -at- apptechsys -dot- com>]

> Hence, my SME may be assuming I have a similar level of math
> competency to other writers she has worked with in the past.  That is,
> she is attempting to explain something to me based on prior experience
> that isn't relevant in this situation.
>
> In which case, an issue for me, and something I'm going to have to
> learn to do better, is communicating my own math background to SMEs
> when a large part of the procedure is math.


No.  It really doesn't matter what the SME thinks of you or your background.
As long as you can understand what she's telling you, it's your
responsibility to take her information and translate  it into what will be
most useful for the user.
_______________________
sella rush
applied technical systems
silverdale, wa
developers of CCM knowledge discovery



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