Re: "Design" was Re: Tech Writing a Growing Field?

Subject: Re: "Design" was Re: Tech Writing a Growing Field?
From: "Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>
To: <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2007 07:34:42 -0700

I could've used one of those tablets at the company that
spawned my comment on this subject (the one that wanted
to dump the responsibility for documenting the design
process entirely on the tech writers because the engineering
group refused to participate in it).

Gene Kim-Eng


----- Original Message -----
From: "Joanne Wittenbrook" <jwittenbrook -at- ameritech -dot- net>


> >As a technical writer I do not have "to understand ... process for
>>designing a planetary gear train," I am there to support you in documenting the
>>process. You are the Subject Matter Expert (SME) and it is my
>>assigned job to support you in documenting the process. After I document the
>>process, it is your job to ensure that what I documented it correctly and I did
>>not miss anything. We are a team, sometimes only 2 people, sometimes the
>>entire staff working on the project
> -----------------------------------
> I'd like to get this engraved on a stone tablet for my office.
> Joanne

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