RE: craft vs. science vs. art

[Phil Levy <PLevy -at- epion -dot- com>]

Just a minute, Dick. I think you agree with me: you say that the writer is
given a template, which implies repeatability and replaceable parts. And the
whole concept of a template is a god one as long as the template is very
detailed. But regarding process: if the writer does the job all by him or
herself there is no quality control until the end, when it's too late. This
is what I mean by a process: more than one person working on the same
document.

>If you get past, "here's the due date; here's the 
>template; here's who to send it to for review," you
>are micromanaging; and that can be counterproductive.


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