Oct 28, 2007 17:00
16 yrs ago
English term
information product planning, and development and maintenance functions
English
Bus/Financial
Management
Web
The re-organization should be designed to support more dynamic, citizen driven information product planning, and development and maintenance functions
I read it: to support functions of maintenance, functions of development and functions of planning (all these functions) related to more dynamic and more citizen driven products
Am I correct?
Thanks in advance
I read it: to support functions of maintenance, functions of development and functions of planning (all these functions) related to more dynamic and more citizen driven products
Am I correct?
Thanks in advance
Change log
Oct 28, 2007 17:09: NancyLynn changed "Term asked" from "c below" to "information product planning, and development and maintenance functions"
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Deborah Workman
United States
United States
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Telecom/new media tech, law, bus, mktg
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Yes, you are correct
This kind of construction is so familiar to me from my nearly 20 years working in telecom management consulting. The only reason I haven't rated my confidence a 5 is that that would suggest that I there is no other possible meaning. But actually given the context and my experience with such texts (and their authors!), it's all I can do to resist rating this a 5.
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Note added at 3 days1 hr (2007-10-31 18:25:19 GMT) Post-grading
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Just to clarify, that would be a reorganisation that, with respect to INFORMATION products, results in planning functions, development functions, and maintenance functions that are more dynamic and citizen-driven. (As a result the end products themselves are more citizen-driven.)
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Note added at 3 days1 hr (2007-10-31 18:25:19 GMT) Post-grading
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Just to clarify, that would be a reorganisation that, with respect to INFORMATION products, results in planning functions, development functions, and maintenance functions that are more dynamic and citizen-driven. (As a result the end products themselves are more citizen-driven.)
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Comment: "Thanks"
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Sheila Wilson
Spain
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their organisation needs to be dynamic and citizen-driven
I don't believe it's the products that need to be more dynamic and citizen-driven - it's their organisation that needs to change.
The way they handle a) information product planning, b) development functions, and c) maintenance functions needs to to be more dynamic and citizen-driven.
The way they handle a) information product planning, b) development functions, and c) maintenance functions needs to to be more dynamic and citizen-driven.
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42 mins
mind you...
Given the punctuation as it stands, there is even a third possibility:
that the re-organization need to support:
1) information product planning that is more dynamic and citizen-driven
2) functions for development and maintenance.
It seems that would make more sense, inasmuch as 'product planning' is something that would lend itself readily to being 'citizen-driven', whereas development and maintenance functions migiht be less so...
that the re-organization need to support:
1) information product planning that is more dynamic and citizen-driven
2) functions for development and maintenance.
It seems that would make more sense, inasmuch as 'product planning' is something that would lend itself readily to being 'citizen-driven', whereas development and maintenance functions migiht be less so...
Peer comment(s):
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Ken Cox
: Absolutely my interpretation --this sort of comma usage (a close cousin of the comma splice) is fairly common nowadays. The simplest deambiguation (but not necessarily elegant) would be 'as well as'.
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Thanks, Ken! Totally agree
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NancyLynn
: right, between you and Ken, it all makes sense...
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Thanks, Nancy!
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Mark Nathan
: probably, but the original is rather sloppy
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Thanks, mark! Yes, agree, it lends itself to misinterpretation
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