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8 Steps to Successfully Managing your Documentation Projects
Step 3: Build Your Team (continued)
 
Try to limit the number of people involved in the project to what is really necessary. Doubling the size of your team does not double your productivity – and it significantly increases your own project management & tracking time.
 
Be selective when choosing your SMEs & reviewers. If you choose people you have great confidence in, you won't need so many voices throwing in their two cents. More reviewers often result in more revisions and excessive rewrites, which can quickly put you over budget.
 
Once you’ve put together your “dream team,” it’s time to move on to Step 4: Defining Your Development Process.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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