Indeed. Good discussion though. 1) I am not involved in the design. My group leader goes to those meetings, but our influence is not significant.
2) An informed user. I field some questions from our support staff on some aspects of our products to help out a customer immediately. 3) Do I inform the fixes how? I test some few bugs that get fixed to make sure they are. 4) Inform the overall project plan how? My GL is present at those meetings with a discussion of what docs should be updated in what areas, it's high level. What else need be said? 5) I review the design as I doc it. For the most part, we are locked out of design. That door ain't opening here. I mean, am getting to design a help system for a brand new software product -- we are a hardware company and this is standalone software -- but the software is designed already. That answer your questions about my questions? Cheers. -----Original Message----- From: Bill Swallow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I mentioned a lof of what has worked for me in previous responses, but to target your comments... On 1/11/07, Brierley, Sean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tell me more, tell me more ... > > Am involved. Or, perhaps I misunderstand. I get to document the > product, get trained in the product, log bugs against the product, > uuum, do my own doc plan, organize the review of the documentation .... You get to document the product, but do you inform the development of the product? You get trained in the product but are you a SME in the product or just an informed user? You log bugs against the product but do you inform the fixes? You do your doc plan but do you inform the overall project plan at the onset? You organize doc reviews but do you perform design reviews? There's a big distinction between what our job is and what our profession can offer. Job duties define your job and define the immediate basis for which you get paid. Applying the knowledge and abilities of our profession to all aspects and influences of our job define your career and the foundation upon which you build success. -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users List Owner Senior Member STC, TechValley Chapter STC Single-Sourcing SIG Manager http://techcommdood.blogspot.com avid homebrewer and proud beer snob "I see your OOO message and raise you a clue." DISCLAIMER: Important Notice ************************************************* This e-mail may contain information that is confidential, privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not an intended recipient of this e-mail, do not duplicate or redistribute it by any means. Please delete it and any attachments and notify the sender that you have received it in error. Unintended recipients are prohibited from taking action on the basis of information in this e-mail.E-mail messages may contain computer viruses or other defects, may not be accurately replicated on other systems, or may be intercepted, deleted or interfered with without the knowledge of the sender or the intended recipient. If you are not comfortable with the risks associated with e-mail messages, you may decide not to use e-mail to communicate with IPC. IPC reserves the right, to the extent and under circumstances permitted by applicable law, to retain, monitor and intercept e-mail messages to and from its systems. ______________________________________________ Author Help files and create printed documentation with Doc-To-Help. New release adds Team Authoring Support, enhanced Web-based help technology and PDF output. Learn more at www.doctohelp.com/tcp. DITA West 2007--Use a discount code of "TECHCOMMPROS" to get a discount rate of $200 off the $800 price if you register before close of business January 15, 2007. http://www.travelthepath.com/conf/dita2007.shtml _______________________________________________ Technical Communication Professionals Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com Subscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com
