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Diane Boos wrote:
> My contract simply says "Company wishes to engage Contractor to
> provide
> technical writing services for the Company." What they are expecting
> is
> actually business analyst work. The information that I need to write
> the
> business plan and the technology plan is not available in the
> documents I
> was given. I do not have access to they key players to get the
> information,
> except for the limited access to the Manager.
>
I would let them know it can't be done to their expectations. Be brief, and
tell them what would be required to do the work.
Then I would put my head down and work for a week and see what happens.
It's a test, and you get paid.
Ed Wurster
http://www.eWurster.com/blog/
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