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Subject:Re: Re Uncooperative SMEs From:Marc Santacroce <santa -at- TFS -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 29 Mar 1995 09:51:00 PST
At 10:21 AM 3/29/95 +0000, Michael Kenward wrote:
>Can someone explain to me the difference between a Subject Matter Expert and
>an Expert?
>The use of this term smacks like jargon for its own sake to me. We owe it to
>society to avoid such 'verbal clutter'.
>Michael Kenward
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An expert knows a little about alot, a subject matter expert know alot
about a little.
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