Re: The Mythical Man-Month

Subject: Re: The Mythical Man-Month
From: Chris Borokowski <athloi -at- yahoo -dot- com>
To: Techwr-l <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 09:42:24 -0700 (PDT)

I couldn't agree more here. This is what separates
tech writers from the rest of the development process:
we exclusively think of how the product must be used
by a user, not in an abstraction or technological
sense.

--- Ned Bedinger <doc -at- edwordsmith -dot- com> wrote:

> >>> The key is to focus on the user view and not
> on the technology.
>
> Wow, that is pretty darned condensed wisdom you're
> offering, Peter.

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http://user-advocacy.blogspot.com/
Code::Design::UI::Consulting
http://www.dionysius.com/


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Re: The Mythical Man-Month: From: Ned Bedinger

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