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Subject:RE: Do you permit SMEs to revise your drafts? From:"Downing, David" <DavidDowning -at- Users -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 2 Dec 2003 15:22:50 -0500
Our usual procedure is for the SME to mark up a hardcopy, then return it with a signoff sheet indicating that the document is in one of three conditions --
Approved as is.
Approved with the changes indicated.
Not approved, so that another review is required.
Occasionally, an SME wants to meet with us to discuss some particular issue -- which is actually happening to me tomorrow.
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From: patricia -dot- blount -at- ca -dot- com [mailto:patricia -dot- blount -at- ca -dot- com]
Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 11:23 AM
Subject: Do you permit SMEs to revise your drafts?
Good morning,
I've done a quick archive search and came up empty-handed, so here goes: In general, do you permit your SMEs to revise your drafts directly, or to report their concerns to you?
If you prefer that they report any concerns or corrections to you, how do you collect the feedback? So far, I've seen several different approaches to this problem, including: marking up a hard copy of the draft, typing an email or other report that lists the page number and correction to all problems located, and finally, using a revisions or track changes feature of the tool in use.
We're using FrameMaker 6.0 and converting to PDF (because only the TW team has FrameMaker) and the SMEs are up in arms about having to do so much extra work. At the moment, we leave the reporting decision up to them. I'm hoping to determine a way to decrease their workload while retaining document control.
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