Re: Code Annotation of the Week

Subject: Re: Code Annotation of the Week
From: Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com>
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:03:28 -0800

The original description here ("The writer ... got in trouble for
putting that in the document. Until she proved that the error message
was actually in the software") implies it was not flagged.

On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 1:55 PM, Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> wrote:
> That would be the point of red-flagging the message in product and documentation
> (and while I didn't mention it specifically, not publishing the final document
> without resolution).  If the development team and product manager all sign off
> on leaving the questionable content in place, so be it, but writers and
> programmers should not be making that decision by themselves.  If that sort of
> thing is happening, there are probably any number of other areas where bad
> choices are being made without proper review that increase the chances that the
> product really will melt into slag.
>
> Gene Kim-Eng
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert Lauriston" <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com>
> To: <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 1:23 PM
> Subject: Re: Code Annotation of the Week
>
>
>> As a manager, I'm responsible for the quality of the work of people
>> who report to me. We're not going to distribute patently inappropriate
>> nonsense such as "pish posh Romana" except in response to a written
>> request from some fool with the authority to insist, and I'm going to
>> cover my department's ass so the fool takes the blame.
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 12:58 PM, Leonard C. Porrello
>> <Leonard -dot- Porrello -at- soleratec -dot- com> wrote:
>>> "a major red mark in their annual performance evaluation"? Really?
>>>
>>> Leonard
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
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>>> [mailto:techwr-l-bounces+leonard -dot- porrello=soleratec -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- c
>>> om] On Behalf Of Robert Lauriston
>>> Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 10:10 AM
>>> To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
>>> Subject: Re: Code Annotation of the Week
>>>
>>> If that writer reported to me, letting something like that go out for
>>> review would be a major red mark in their annual performance
>>> evaluation....
>>>
>>>
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References:
Re: Code Annotation of the Week: From: Robert Lauriston
Re: Code Annotation of the Week: From: Keith Hood
Re: Code Annotation of the Week: From: Robert Lauriston
RE: Code Annotation of the Week: From: Leonard C. Porrello
Re: Code Annotation of the Week: From: Robert Lauriston
Re: Code Annotation of the Week: From: Gene Kim-Eng

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