Production cycle knowledge

["Hart, Rowena" <Hart -at- SelkirkFinancial -dot- com>]

Sorry to veer away from the topic of
turning on the radio... ;-)

I think that one of the signs of an
experienced tech writer is how well they
understand and adapt to changes during
the production cycle. For example, 
something as simple as integrating help
files into incremental product builds
for testing purposes can be a complete
mystery to an inexperienced writer.

Did you gain your knowledge of the
production cycle (software or hardware)
on the job, or did you take a course that
gave you some insight into the process?
Would training in this area have helped
you be more effective when you first
started working as a technical writer?
Was there something about the product
development cycle that was particularly
valuable to learn?

I'm curious in part because I help to 
organize educational workshops for my
chapter of the STC (Canada West Coast).
I'm wondering if a workshop on production
cycles would be valuable, and if so, what
a workshop like that should cover. Production
cycles and issues are the same around the
world, so please share your thoughts
regardless of where you live.

Thanks,

Rowena

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