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RE: Help on Coordination between Engineers and Technical Witers
Subject:RE: Help on Coordination between Engineers and Technical Witers From:"John Posada" <JPosada -at- isogon -dot- com> To:"Tammy Cravit" <tammy -dot- lists -at- warmfuzzy -dot- com>, "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 26 Feb 2004 12:47:13 -0500
John Posada wrote:
>> too technical, how do you write about it? Shouldn't you at
>> least be at the level where you'll know enough about what
>> they are talking about to know if they are discussing a
>> feature you don't know about?
>
>I think there's a balance point here, though I was also
>troubled by the same statement that John quoted in his
>posting.
Every time I participate in one of these "technical" meetings, I tell
the person running them at the beginning that they should not be
offended if I excuse myself during the meeting. After 15 minutes, I can
tell what kind of meeting this is going to be and if it's not the most
effective use of my time, It makes sense to be elsewhere.
