Preparing effective specifications-a team approach

The specifications engineers develop the specification from raw data; edit the original draft; discuss the final draft with the engineer; rewrite as necessary; double check; rewrite with the engineer (if necessary); see the final document typed; deliver it to the engineer for final review and sign-off; initiate and monitor reproduction, collate, bind and deliver a document indicative of the prestige and quality of the company to the customer. All of these services can be performed by personnel especially trained to cope with the intimate and time-consuming problems of the specification task. It is well to remember in this era of specialization that a Specifications Engineer is a specialist trained in specifications design.