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Subject:Re: Developer wants to take over documentation From:Stephanie Holland <SLHOLLAND -at- MICRON -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 29 Apr 1997 16:46:29 -0600
Hi John --
Are these documents more along the lines of functional specs or user
guides? I manage a documentation group in an Information Technology
department, and our main job is writing user instructions for in-house
software.
I make it clear to our department that the technical writers in my group
are the only people who are allowed to write user documentation. I don't
pretend to be a computer programmer and I don't expect anyone else in
our department to be pretend to be a writer. If programmers write their
own documents, I don't see how you could control quality, revisions,
maintenance, etc.
Hope this helps ...
Stephanie Holland
Micron Electronics
slholland -at- micron -dot- com
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>From: Wilcox, John (Contractor)[SMTP:wilcoxj -at- WDNI -dot- COM]
>Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 1997 3:02 PM
>To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
>Subject: Developer wants to take over documentation
>
>Have any of you ever encountered a developer who wanted to take over
>the
>documentation? It's just happened to me for the first time in my 11
>years as a TW. And when he brought it up, a few others said they would
>like to, too. Basically, it looks like I might have to teach
>developers
>the idiosyncrasies of publishing, with Word no less!!!!! Any advice
>will be greatly appreciated. I have to make a presentation Friday.
>
>
>Thanks,
>
>John Wilcox, Documentation Specialist
>Timberlands Information Services
>Weyerhaeuser, WWC 2E2
>Tacoma, WA 98477-0001
>206-924-7972 wilcoxj -at- wdni -dot- com
>
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