Re: "face time" at the office

Subject: Re: "face time" at the office
From: Richard Lewis <tech44writer -at- yahoo -dot- com>
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 14:42:08 -0700 (PDT)

If one espouses to the what Hackos and Reddish talk about in their book End-User Task Analysis, face time is sooo critical. I know for what I do, good face-to-face relationship building is extremely important to gathering essential procedure.

Go to STC meetings. Watch the social skills of the stay-at-homers. Then watch the social skills of the heavy face-to-facers. Then ask yourself who can best handle all the solicitations and walk throughs that are so critical in creating quality documentation.


Additionally, I recently read in Business Week that face-time is critical to promotability. Higher management has to see frequently how you react in adverse situations to promote you into the upper levels.

Richard Lewis
Cardimon, Craig wrote:

> << The rest want the all-important "face time." ... Most want your butt
> in their chair every day, for reasons I cannot fathom. >>
>



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