Liebing Articles

A series of insights by Ralph Liebing that give a unique and thought-provoking perspective to the current practice of writing specifications.

2010 Archives

– Indifference
– It’s Odd…………?
– Re-Visiting Reality
– Dissimilar Similarities
– Recall;Refurbish;Reuse
– My Profession…………Architecture
– Specifications: Compilation of Foreign Languages
– Are Specs a “Reach”?

2009 Archives

– Options
– Responsible Control
– Arrogance and Complacency
– Close or Remote?
– So Long As……!
– Let’s Stop Messing Around!!!
– Equality of Documents
– Just How Good Are We?
– No Specs!
– The Round Table of Construction
– Value and Priority
– Happy New Year…Bah, Humbug!!!

2008 Archives

– Happy New Year…Bah, Humbug!!!
– Why Are the Specs Never Finished on Time?
Perfectionist; In a Funk
 Advocacy
 The Thankless Task
– Saddle Up!!…..Move Out!!
– Household Word?
– Concentric Circles
– Why Johnny Doesn’t Read…..Specs
– Arrogance and Spec Writing
– Enter by the…?…Door
– HARK! A Call for a Change of Direction?
– Not Just Turning the Page

2007 Archives

– Marketing A Profession
– A Two-Front “War”
– Opportunity Lost?
– Do We Need a “Needs List”?
– Proper V. Predominance
– The Findin’ of the “Green”
– Watch Out!…Here They Come!
– This Ain’t Show Biz!
– We Have to Get Over…
– Specifications Initiative
– Perpetual Motion?
– Educational Dilemma
– Minutia
– Consummate

2006 Archives

– Gift of the Spec Writers Magi
– Who Do We; Should We;…Talk With?
– Need Clarity be Tedious?
– You Can’t Have One Without the Other…….
– Exactly/Specifically
– The Ideal
– Lighten Up!
– What Do You Want to Be………?
– Specs “R” !
– CSI Forward (An Update)
– Maintaining the Mo’
– Specifications, Fundamentally
– Why?
– What Do You Want Us To Be?
– Who Are the Specifications For?
– Veteran
– Passion; Tribalism; Professionalism
– Ask Around
– Of a Mind
– What’s the Difficulty?

2005 Archives

– Inside Specification Writing
– The Many Facets of Sameness
– Are We Ever…?
– Profession within a Profession?
– Specifications!–Really!!!!
– A Niche ?

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