Nick a quick question which may not seem relevant, do you use Fusebox as your methodology?
Mike Brunt Sempra Energy 213.244.5226 "To define recursion, we must first define recursion." -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 10:53 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: OT-Managing Development Teams At my day job, we have a software development division that is in charge of our software and our R and D. I am a branch of that division, dealing with the website, and distribution of information pertaining to our software system. Here's where things go "off the road". Every ounce of control and influence over documentation and distribution practices has been taken away (over a year ago) from the development division and spread across 3 different divisions of the company that have absolutely NO development experience, no web experiece, not even sufficient experience with our software system. They don't even communicate with each other before making changes. But, since they have been given absolute power over the development team, what they say goes, even if we know it is incorrect. It has created mass confusion, which ultimately leads to faulty and confusing documentation. In the end, I take the rap for it because I am the last step in the process (publishing it to the web). I have said in meeting after meeting that we need to re-structure the way we handle documentation, to no avail. So, I need evidence in my favor. I know many of you out there work for development companies that do it right. I need to know how your chain of command works as far as management - development - documentation and distribution. I need to know how much time and money your setup is saving you, so I can show real-world examples of companies profitting from doing it right. It is my thinking that we need a document master, with the ultimate authority over documentation. This person needs to be working in the development department, know the software, the system, the website, and the documentation. Is this thinking right? Is there an even better way? Help, I am going to go nuts. Thanks in advance.... Nick ______________________________________________________________________ Dedicated Windows 2000 Server PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation · $99/Month · Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=coldfusiona FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
