Seeking A’s in a C World
by Gloria McConnell
Did you read Neil Perlin’s article in the December 2009 Intercom? If not, make the time. It is well worth it: “Perfect vs. Good Enough”— Writing Quality in the Online Age.
Neil first wrote the article nine years ago, and updated it in 2009. In 2007, Paul Davies of Sun Microsystem also discussed this topic in his weblog. The article is Time to Go Home.
If you are ready to lower your standards effectively but aren’t sure how to go about it, you might want to check into the Good Enough Documentation Workshop from Gordon and Gordon. They state:
Today’s successful software publishers release “good-enough” software, and writers need to produce “good-enough” documentation to ship with it.
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