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I vote for you using the title Information Development.
It accurately reflects the fact that you are overseeing a department that
has a very broad reach, that you do research, and that you develop
instructional materials in addition to writing policies and procedure.
-Elisa
On Fri, Apr 13, 2018 at 1:46 PM, John Posada <jposada99 -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> Hi, guys....long time.
>
> My department has been expanded and I'll be managing it.
>
> For the org chart (and for other reasons), my manager asked me what I
> wanted to call the department. The my personal title is another issue
> because our group just has never had someone who only does documentation
> and they are still trying to come up with a slot in the hierarchy.
>
> I just don't want to call it "Documentation" because the bank uses that
> term as encompassing anything that isn't code as well as using it as a
> verb.
>
> I'll be responsible for:
>
> - Regulatory submissions
> - Policies
> - Functional, Technical, and Business Requirements Documentation
> - Change Notices
> - Instruction Manuals
> - Methodology documents
> - Procedure documents
> - etc. (The scope is still being defined)
>
> What department titles do you use or have you seen. I'm going to scan Job
> Lists and Linked-In, but that I'd reach out here also.
>
> Thanks
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