Re: Getting Answers: Representing Priority and Urgency to the Tech Writer

Subject: Re: Getting Answers: Representing Priority and Urgency to the Tech Writer
From: Andrew Plato <gilliankitty -at- yahoo -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 11:50:41 -0700 (PDT)


<techwrl-list-only -at- doitall -dot- com> wrote ...

> Have any of you made semi-formal systems for representing a question's
> importance and urgency to YOU (the tech writer) with subject matter experts?

Do up a issue list in Excel. Prioritize the questions. Have a space for
comments. Send the excel to the SME each week. Do a weekly 1 hour meeting where
the SME answers as many questions as possible. Repeat until project is
finished. Having multiple, separate emails would seem very annoying to me.

Andrew Plato

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