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I am starting a pubs group from scratch and would also be interested in
reviewing, for guideline purposes only, any "off-line" responses to
Garet's inquiry regarding publications plans.
Thanks in advance.
Gina Hertel
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Garret Romaine [SMTP:garret -dot- h -dot- romaine -at- EXGATE -dot- TEK -dot- COM]
> Sent: Monday, January 05, 1998 2:49 PM
> To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> Subject: Re: Publications Plans
>
> I'm "collecting" as many publications plans as I can find to put
> together a presentation for a course. If there are any of you out
> there
> who have one you can share, I'd appreciate an electronic copy. I'd be
> glad to take out any confidential information, strip out logos or
> identifiers, and change the company name to 'XYZ Corporation', etc. I
> just want to have several different formats to exhibit.
>
> By Pubs plan, I also mean what is sometimes called a documentation
> plan.
> It is the written collection of analysis, assumptions, goals,
> timelines
> and strategies you plan to employ to create your project deliverables
> --
> be they online, printed, etc.
>
> Please respond to my personal e-mail address and not the List. We can
> debate the *value* of a pubs plan later...
>
> Garret Romaine
> garret -dot- h -dot- romaine -at- tek -dot- com
>
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