Re: The Tech Writer as Smuggler

Subject: Re: The Tech Writer as Smuggler
From: Milan Davidovic <milan -dot- lists -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: techwr-l <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 07:31:04 -0400

On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 7:10 AM, Stephen Arrants<steve -at- mbfbioscience -dot- com> wrote:
> Trafficking also means being responsible for routing, tracking, and managing things like projects, documents, etc. within a business from one department to another. As each department takes action, responsibility goes back to the traffic manager for further routing/action.
>
> This term has been in use at least as long as I've been in publishing (almost 30 years).

Thanks for that.

FWIW, the Online Etymology Dictionary has an entry for the noun, but
also mentions the verb:

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=traffic

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References:
How Do You Decide How Long Things Will Take (in a SCRUM Shop)?: From: Jerry Kindall
The Tech Writer as Smuggler: From: Sarah Stegall
RE: The Tech Writer as Smuggler: From: Stephen Arrants

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