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Subject:Re: FWD: Place of documentation team From:Rogers George <reg13 -at- PIONET -dot- NET> Date:Tue, 24 Jun 1997 13:48:45 -0500
> I'm team leader of a group of 3 writers in the Engineering department
> of a software house.
. . .
> the documentation team leader
> reporting to
> the new position of QA team leader.
. . .
> My reaction is that (b) whoever heads a
> combined group responsible for both product documentation and testing
> has a conflict of interest,
This could still be okay if, as you mentioned, the person really is
loyal to documentation.
(c) we need at least one additional writer
(ahem) I happen to be job hunting. You wouldn't care to contact me
directly, would you?
> I've come up
> with one possible different structure, which adds an extra reporting
> layer to combine 3 of the programming teams. Can you see other alternatives?
Flatter is usually better. Maybe check into a few books on process
mapping for some reorg ideas. I hear that an organization work better
when arranged by project or process than by reporting structure.
> Assuming this structure does come into effect, what's my best strategy
> for dealing with it?
To coin a phrase, have fun!
--
Best wishes,
Rogers George (reg13 -at- pionet -dot- net)
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