yeah another example of someone working themselves out of a job.... LOL.....
________________________________ From: Craig Dunham <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, March 28, 2011 3:19:56 PM Subject: [EDI-L] Re: What should I do with our vast EDI system? Ken makes a good point here. I guess (as an employee at the time), I was "graced" with the knowledge & concept of documenting the job - simply because of being the child of a software/system analyst consultant/contractor and having created much of the documentation for mom's programs.... I used to keep very simplified instructions and "how to" documents for when I'd go on vacation or ______, since I was "the" EDI department and a system operator or my boss would need to fill these shoes when I took time off. I guess in one way, that could be what led to my being replaced by one of the system operators working for a lot less per hour than I was getting paid. Craig Dunham Bear Necessities Computing EDI Sherpa Author/blogger RetailEDI.com EDITalk.com --- In [email protected], Ken Etter <edispec@...> wrote: > > Actually I've found that to be a big difference between consultants and > employees. Any consultant who has been at more than one company for very > long > or on more than one project, will usually have some sort of documentation > mentality and use that practice as part of the project. > > It's the employees who have the mindset that I don't have to worry about > their > jobs and "I have this in my head" that don't document the processes. And > most > companies never find out the ramifications until that person either moves on > within the company, gets let go with little warning or worse, gets injured or > killed and can't return for some time, if ever. > > It's amazing how some companies will have elaborate DRP (Disaster Recovery > Procedures) or LRP (Lan Recover Procedures) processes in place, yet have > little > > or no documentation about EDI and the related processes... It's only when > one > > of the above happens that the real 'gap analysis' begins... > > Ken > > P.S. Sorta like some of those personal home users computers I've worked on >where > > the owners never understand the value of a backup or other precautionary > actions, then call me trying to recover their data after their hard drive > went > belly up. I almost want to respond with Ron White's infamous title from his > last CD "you can't fix stupid".... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ ... Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Job postings are welcome, but for job postings or requests for work: <JOBS> IS REQUIRED in the subject line as a prefix.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
