RE: Another question I've had for years...

Subject: RE: Another question I've had for years...
From: John Posada <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 10:41:31 -0700 (PDT)


I also tell them "One way or another, it will be in the
documentation...it could come from you or I'll make it up as I go
along...your choice."


--- "Jones, Donna" <DJones -at- zebra -dot- com> wrote:

> -----Diane Evans wrote:-----
> <snip>
> My other favorite answer is that, if they won't give me the
> information I
> need, I will make it up and send out a draft. Nothing gets SMEs
> upset
> faster than that. The phone rings: "We aren't going to do it that
> way!" I
> answer: "What way are you going to do it?"
>
> It works every time.
> </snip>
>
>
> That was going to be my response as well. If I can't get
> information out of
> someone, I make something up based on what I can find or how I
> think
> something should work and send it out for review. The reluctant SME


=====
John Posada
Senior Technical Writer



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