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

[Goober Writer <gooberwriter -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

> > 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?

Nope. No prom ones either. ;)

This is part of the job. Sure, you can slap a system
around the job and call it 99% effective, but a system
won't build bridges for you or extend your network and
sphere of influence to help you get more done. It'll
merely manage itself, and potentially alienate you
from that type and level of interaction and brainwork.
This is the human part of the job that cannot (at
least should not) be ignored. It's not up to your
contact to filter your questions: that's YOUR job.

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Goober Writer
(because life is too short to be inept)

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