I??™ll discuss techniques that can help in Chapter 12.
Lastly, the prospect of testing and constant reevaluation might not sit too well with
your manager. He has other things that need to be done, and you??™re the one who has to
do them. By adding new tasks to his staff, you??™re endangering (at least from his perspective)
other critical activities that he is ultimately responsible for. You??™re going to have to
find a way to ???sell??? the backup/recovery plan to management. I??™ll explore techniques for
doing this in Chapter 12 as well.
THE KEY TO DOCUMENTATION
Yes, most of us hate writing documentation. I know I do. It isn??™t a creative process like writing an
e-mail, or in my immediate case, a book.Well-written documentation details every tedious step in a
process. Have you ever purchased a ???some assembly required??? piece of furniture, or a child??™s bicycle?
Is the included assembly documentation ever complete? I haven't seen many pieces of documentation
that were complete. At some point, you end up winging it and just managing to get the thing put
together. And why is it that there are always at least five nuts or bolts left over? The bottom line is that
writing documentation is difficult for anyone.
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