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I hate to bring up such a triviality, but suddenly it's become...a deal.
After searching the archives, I still can't come up with a succinct
distinction between guide and guidelines. Problem: the team I work for
is putting together standards (which they understand as
methodology-driven rules of practice) and guidelines. But what are these
guidelines? They are documents that guide a developer into how to
implement best practices in a specific area, such as WebObjects or
Carbon.
My confusion: mixing socalled best practices with procedures creates a
Frankensteinish conglomeration. I am looking for help in how to create a
distinction between these two concepts. Any thoughts?
You can also write me at
jsokohl -at- gmx -dot- net (I won't have access to mac.com today, and i could
really use some help quickly).
Thanks,
joe
Joe Sokohl
Sokohl & Associates
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