Minor typos and the QA guy/scrummaster

[jackdeland at comcast.net]

I think #2 would be the most convincing for him. We are big on security. 

Jack 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lin Sims" <ljsims.ml at gmail.com> 
To: jackdeland at comcast.net 
Cc: "framers" <framers at lists.frameusers.com> 
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 8:42:01 AM 
Subject: Re: Minor typos and the QA guy/scrummaster 

Well, let's see, off the top of my head: 

1. Word2013 isn't available yet, so it's going to be hard for your 
developers to make use of it anytime soon. Not only that, but 
according to one article, it won't work on any OS prior to Windows 7. 

2. From the article I saw on PCWorld, when it IS available, you've got 
the issue with it defaulting to saving out to Microsoft's 
Skydrive--does your scrum master, much less your company, really want 
to put its IP out in the cloud? Particularly a cloud they don't 
control? I've seen no mention (so far, but admittedly I haven't been 
looking) that Microsoft has addressed the corporate customer's need 
for security and IP control and the likelihood that they'll want to 
keep things on their own storage network. 

3. Tell him you'll let him and his developers edit your source when he 
lets you edit theirs. ;-) 

4. Point out to him that each profession has specialized tools to make 
things easier and more efficient, and ask him if he thinks correcting 
some minor typos is worth handicapping you. Tell him that his trying 
to get you to work in Word rather than Frame is like you telling him 
that his developers should all be working in Notepad rather than in an 
IDE. 

OK, #3 is a bit snarky, so unless you know him really well, I wouldn't 
try it. My bet is on #4, but I'm betting there are others on this list 
who can give you more cogent arguments. 

Good luck with it. (As an aside, what IS it with people who don't work 
as writers trying to tell writers what tools they should be using?) 

On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 8:58 AM, <jackdeland at comcast.net> wrote: 
> Hello, Framers - 
> 
> My QA guy has a problem with chasing minor typos in our docs: it takes 
> longer to document the typo than it does to fix it. He wants a solution that 
> bypasses the need for FrameMaker, and has read an article that says Word 
> 2013 will allow editing of PDFs in native format. He wants the developers to 
> be able to do this to my docs. 
> 
> 
> 
> I’ve explained all the many problems with using Word, but he is still 
> searching for an answer, which means I am too. 
> 
> 
> 
> What is your solution to the problem he sees? To me, it should be a 
> non-problem, i.e., typos should not exist anyway, and the developers should 
> not be allowed anywhere near my “source”, but the reality is that he has 
> more say in it than I (he is also scrummaster). 
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks 
> 
> 
> 
> Jack DeLand 
> 
> 
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