[Sigia-l] Help! New job ... terrible knowledge management

[Chick Foxgrover (wex)]

And as someone mentioned, perhaps the programmer him/herself would be 
the best place to start and the best partner/advocate for the future. 
With a programmer an appeal to the TIME spent or inevitably to be 
spent (of course also an ROI/cost concern) might be a good tack.

At 11:41 AM -0400 7/3/02, Anders Ramsay wrote:
>I agree with this completely (I was in fact in the processing of typing an
>email to this effect when this one came in)
>
>I would also add that when documenting this, or when presenting your
>concerns, your most powerful argument will be the bottom line.  If you can
>make a convincing argument (or show research) for how the current practices
>are incurring a cost and/or how what you propose would work to reduce or
>eliminate a cost, that's what will make people perk up.  But it's better to
>first get buy-in from one person with a bit of clout before presenting to a
>larger group, especially in your situation.
>
>my .02
>
>-anders