Re: Where does Documentation belong?

[eric -dot- dunn -at- ca -dot- transport -dot- bombardier -dot- com]

While this question has come up many times before and others have put a 
lot of thought into it, AND the following position has been stated, I 
thought I'd add a small twist.

Where documentation and/or training is in the Org chart is relatively 
meaningless and highly dependant on company politics.

What it does effect is how you are treated by your management and how 
budgeting is determined. Given the choice of moving, you should probably 
move to one of two places in the org chart: - the group from whom you get 
the most of your information, - the group that gives you the most trouble 
(wrt meeting deadlines). Often I suppose these will be the same group.

The reason I think this is best is because you would then be working for 
the same manager and that manager would be more inclined to push others in 
their group based on another member's requirements. Secondly, if your 
deadline becomes part of their deliverables, they'll do everything in 
their power to make sure you have what you need to complete your 
milestones.

Eric L. Dunn
Senior Technical Writer