Re: PM Woe

[John Posada <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

> To whom do you report (what department)?
> How much control does your project manager have over your daily activities?

I report to the Documentation Manager. He reports to the Corporate Doc Manager, who reports to the UXD Manager
None

> Do you inform your PM every time a document is started?
> Do your PMs approve any templates that you create?
> Who has the final sign-off on a document?

No
No
Doc Manager, Development Manager, SVT (customer representative

>process.  The most glaring of these were that the TWs had to ask permission
>at every step of the process (permission to start a doc, permission to talk
>to a SME, permission to submit a doc, etc.)  It was absurd.

My response would be for them to pound salt. Tell you doc manager to grow a spine.
 
John Posada
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