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Subject:Re: FW: Double Time From:"Susan W. Gallagher" <sgallagher -at- EXPERSOFT -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 28 Aug 1996 10:46:55 -0700
At 10:37 AM 8/28/96 EDT, Cheryl Kidder wrote:
>Also, as an aside, how have you dealt with field labels that were just plain
>mis-spelled? Have you had trouble convincing folks that spelling does count
>for something? Please let me know how you have handled this.
When you find a problem, you report it as a bug. If you don't know
how to file a legitimate, honest-to-Betsy bug report, ask someone
in Testing/QA to help you. Programmers who ignore suggestions
presented in casual conversation -- or for that matter, just
forget -- suddenly take notice when the problem is officially
listed as a bug.
And usually the product manager is involved in prioritizing
and managing the bug list. A misspelling is one of those bugs
that get done first because it's easy to clear off the list.
Try it. It's remarkably effective despite its simplicity.
Sue Gallagher
sgallagher -at- expersoft -dot- com
-- The _Guide_ is definitive.
Reality is frequently inaccurate.
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