Don't forget these standards have to be maintained. If you have a couple, Word or other document formats are fine. When you have hundreds, maintenance becomes a real nightmare! My Friday afternoon contribution; not back to my book!
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If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or taking any action in reliance of the contents of this information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. MSC is neither liable for the proper/complete transmission of the information contained in this communication nor for any delay in its receipt. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brian Lehrhoff Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 9:40 AM To: Norton, Karen; [email protected] Subject: Re: [EDI-L] Call for Analogies [without having read all of the replies previously] Consider the case of a man who decides to write his own will. He really doesn't know the form, the proper content or "magic words" ... if he just goes off and writes on a slip of paper " i leave everything to my wife" and forgets to sign it, it may or may not be valid in most states. and it gets more technical and legal from there. in short, the format is the thing. you *can* create an IG with word, but you'll have a devil of a time doing it without a format. that's what a tool (such as EDISIM) provides. Brian Lehrhoff, EA (blehr...@cybernex. <mailto:blehrhof%40cybernex.net> net) Messaging Consultant 201-913-4506 Upgrade your Quickbooks for 20% off at http://ea.brianlehr <http://ea.brianlehrhoff.com> hoff.com Circular 230 Notice is located at http://ea.brianlehr <http://ea.brianlehrhoff.com/230notice.html> hoff.com/230notice.html ________________________________ From: "Norton, Karen" <karen.norton@ <mailto:karen.norton%40atmel.com> atmel.com> To: ed...@yahoogroups. <mailto:EDI-L%40yahoogroups.com> com Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 12:50:43 PM Subject: [EDI-L] Call for Analogies Hi everyone. I want to justify purchasing some software to create implementation guidelines because we're on a big standardization kick for 2009, but when I mentioned it to my boss, he said "<groan> More money? Can't you just do them as Word documents?" At that point, I stopped talking because I knew I could explain the need but it would take me about 30 min. and several pieces of paper, and by the time I finish he'll just be ticked off, even if I convince him. So I need an analogy. I don't need cost/benefit analysis, or ROI, etc. I need something relatively short and snappy that will turn on the light bulb over the head. Something on the order of "Imagine creating that fancy newsletter when all you have is Notepad -- yes, you can do it, but with lots of pain and effort and asterisks and pipes and dashes". But with more oomph, to impart the intricacies of code lists, required vs. optional, segment descriptions, etc. I had ideas like building a car without design diagrams, or making a chip without whatever, but I don't know enough about either to make the analogy work. Ideas? Thanks for your help. Karen Norton. Atmel Corp. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ ... 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