Re: "Design" was Re: Tech Writing a Growing Field?

[Chris Borokowski <athloi -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

Software development organizations are, like most
technical disciplines, allergic to anything other than
the task as defined by the tools. This defensiveness
comes in part from the lack of comprehension others
have for the task.

--- Ned Bedinger <doc -at- edwordsmith -dot- com> wrote:

> But perversely, software development organizations
> seem to be allergic 
> to any methodology that imposes documentation
> requirements on the 
> developers. They hiss and moan that it is a waste of
> time because it 
> doesn't fit the established way they work, etc.


User Interface design blog
http://user-advocacy.blogspot.com/
Code::Design::UI::Consulting
http://www.dionysius.com/


 
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