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Subject:Release Manager From:"Karen E. Black" <kblack_text -at- hotmail -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com Date:Wed, 21 Jan 2004 06:11:02 -0500
Based on my ability, as Technical Writer, to consolidate the release notes,
I have been "promoted" to Release Manager until our Release Manager comes
back from maternity leave in March.
I get to remove the hat that says, in faintly printed letters, "Lead Quality
Assurance Analyst." This is a good thing, since my latest project will be
promoted this weekend. My "Technical Writer" hat has been lost in the wash
for several years.
Another good thing (or several good things) -- all the stuff I wanted to
know about releases 3 weeks in advance I can now easiily demand. I just have
no time to publish the info.
And suddenly, my director wants to talk to me about "documentation." What
documentation, I will say. We don't have any, after 128 years. For ROI, for
training, for development requirements, for future platform migration to
web? All of a sudden, I am getting excited about my job(s).
