Domino Effect
Nov. 15th, 2005 05:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
I just got an email from the developers that they are adding a new tab to the Options dialog box. This adds a new level of functionality to the application that, as it stand now, is undocumented.
When I went to talk to them to find out what the heck is going on (why are you adding new functionality 1.5 weeks before release), I was told that this was a simple change and it meant maybe 1/2 a page of new documentation (tops).
Let me tell you what this "simple" change means the following to me as the writer:
1. There's a new procedure to be documented.
2. There's an existing object that needs to be updated with this new functionality.
3. All the screen snaps of this dialog box must be retaken for the two User's Guides and the Online Help.
4. All the procedures that mention this dialog box must now be updated (there used to be only one tab, but now that there's two, there's an extra step to include).
Did I mention that I'm supposed to have all this done in a 1.5 weeks? Did I mention that six chapters of my User's Guide is still out in review?
Fortunately, I do not smoke, but I am eating more junk food than I should. When other people people get stressed, they lose weight. That sounds like fun.
When I went to talk to them to find out what the heck is going on (why are you adding new functionality 1.5 weeks before release), I was told that this was a simple change and it meant maybe 1/2 a page of new documentation (tops).
Let me tell you what this "simple" change means the following to me as the writer:
1. There's a new procedure to be documented.
2. There's an existing object that needs to be updated with this new functionality.
3. All the screen snaps of this dialog box must be retaken for the two User's Guides and the Online Help.
4. All the procedures that mention this dialog box must now be updated (there used to be only one tab, but now that there's two, there's an extra step to include).
Did I mention that I'm supposed to have all this done in a 1.5 weeks? Did I mention that six chapters of my User's Guide is still out in review?
Fortunately, I do not smoke, but I am eating more junk food than I should. When other people people get stressed, they lose weight. That sounds like fun.
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Date: 2005-11-16 02:29 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-11-16 03:02 am (UTC)I've got a plan to get out of the business soon though. As soon as this project is done, I'll be putting it into motion.