RE: Workflow

["John Sgammato" <jsgammato@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I use paper copies as well. I gave my reviewers the choice, and most of
them wanted paper. They sometimes include diagrams or other sketches to
help make a point. Many of them appreciate the chance to take a hardcopy
offsite and our boss declares a doc-day: they can be anywhere they like
as long as they do a quality review. 
Sometimes a quick reviewer can pass a review copy to another reviewer so
we get the benefit of a sequential review if the last guy in the link is
not a slowpoke. I provide red pens, highlighters, and any other tools
they need,and plenty of positive feedback. 
Call me old-fashioned, but I prefer paper anyway. 
Of course, the original poster had to deal with some remote reviewers,
and for them circulating hard-copy is not an option. I do get some
reviews from the support guys out in the field - they read the PDF and
then send emails with page-specific comments, but I think adding the
email step is a deterrent to mentioning little glitches. 
...and what works for me in a 40-person company won't work for bigger
departments. But for what it's worth, that's my feedback.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-framers@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-framers@xxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf
> Of Clare Stewart
> Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 10:59 AM
> To: waynefb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: FramersLIst
> Subject: Re: Workflow
> 
> I work in the area of Clinical Trials, where everything must be done
> according to regulations. We don't let anyone touch our FrameMaker
forms
> - not even team members. We actually circulate paper copies!
> 
> Clare
> 
> waynefb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > We're having a workflow brainstorming session at work and from it we
> came away with limited solutions. I'm curious if anybody else has
their
> reviewers directly edit frame documents, or how people are doing
reviews.
> We have several people which need to review documents and they are
located
> in several locations across the globe. The current idea is to use CVS
and
> have them checkout the Frame document, mark it up and check it back in
(we
> would control the commit process). But, I'm not sure how well this
will
> work with multiple reviewers looking at the same document at the same
time.
> While PDF might still be an option, nobody is thrilled with that
option
> since it is a very tedious process for everybody involved.
> >
> > If people have ideas, please feel free to contact me off list if you
> don't think this list is the right place for this discussion.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Wayne
> >
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> (1748-1832)
> 
> Clare Stewart
> Research Assistant
> Clinical Trials Methodology Group
> McMaster University
> 905-527-2299 x 43791
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