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RE: How do you handle knowing "It Could Be Better"?
Subject:RE: How do you handle knowing "It Could Be Better"? From:Shea Michael EXT <Michael -dot- Shea -dot- extern -at- icn -dot- siemens -dot- de> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 10 Oct 2002 08:34:26 +0200
If you cannot provide what you feel is a sufficient explanation, try to give the reader some direction. For example: This is a widget type interface compliant with the following standards IIEEEE898, AAAAH1112.x, and OOOH-42. The expert might know exactly what this is. Laymen like myself, if we really had to know, could try and find the relevent specifications.
-Michael
John wrote:
What I do I have a problem with is inconclusive, incomplete or shallow
explanations. The thing that I dread the most is a month after I'm gone and
a technician runs to my document, relying on it for help with a major issue
and the explanation is not helpful.
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