RE: Username or user name (generalized)

Subject: RE: Username or user name (generalized)
From: John Posada <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2005 09:32:20 -0700 (PDT)


Yes. The advantages to doing it so outweight the disadvantages that
unless his group is lazy and/or shiftless, there should not be a
counter-argument. You tell me...what justifyable reason is there for
the documentation to intentionaly deviate from the application...to
make the development people look better? Apperently they don't care.
To hide their mistakes from those in management who might care?
That's the purpose.

--- Bonnie Granat <bgranat -at- granatedit -dot- com> wrote:
>
> Steve said he was outvoted by his group. To me, that means he has
> to do
> what the group decided or suffer the consequences. He apparently
> cannot
> follow the best advice -- documenting what's there. Are you
> suggesting that he should insist on it?
>
> > You always document what's there. it's not a matter of being
> > "let"...try to stop me.
> >
> > --- Bonnie Granat <bgranat -at- granatedit -dot- com> wrote:
> > > > Amen. If the culture won't allow better, document what's
> > > > there in all it's absurdity and live to fight another day.
> > >
> > > But that's the point -- Steve's group won't let him document
> > > what's there.


John Posada
Senior Technical Writer

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