Comments on: How soon is now? http://www.onemanwrites.co.uk/2009/11/10/how-soon-is-now/ musings on technical communications Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:40:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By:   Weekly links roundup by Communications from DMN http://www.onemanwrites.co.uk/2009/11/10/how-soon-is-now/comment-page-1/#comment-16529   Weekly links roundup by Communications from DMN Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:07:55 +0000 http://www.onemanwrites.co.uk/?p=482#comment-16529 [...] Gordon McLean talks about when a tech writer should get involved in a project [...] [...] Gordon McLean talks about when a tech writer should get involved in a project [...]

]]> By: Cecily http://www.onemanwrites.co.uk/2009/11/10/how-soon-is-now/comment-page-1/#comment-16082 Cecily Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:06:25 +0000 http://www.onemanwrites.co.uk/?p=482#comment-16082 I think it's helpful to be involved early on so I can have some input re GUI and usability issues, rather than raising such things as bugs later on. However I don't like to devote much time to a project until there is software to use, otherwise it takes much longer to write help that is less good. I suspect most authors and writers (and hopefully developers) would agree. The difficulty is deciding what that means in any particular project, e.g. half a day a week for X weeks then full time for Y weeks. I think it’s helpful to be involved early on so I can have some input re GUI and usability issues, rather than raising such things as bugs later on.

However I don’t like to devote much time to a project until there is software to use, otherwise it takes much longer to write help that is less good.

I suspect most authors and writers (and hopefully developers) would agree. The difficulty is deciding what that means in any particular project, e.g. half a day a week for X weeks then full time for Y weeks.

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