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Subject:RE: 10 things all tech writers should do From:"Giordano, Connie" <Connie -dot- Giordano -at- FMR -dot- COM> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 1 Apr 2003 15:38:28 -0500
And you simply cannot do a properly comprehensive information plan without a
three-day course in information mapping... It's just impossible!
Connie Giordano
-----Original Message-----
From: Steven Brown [mailto:stevenabrown -at- yahoo -dot- com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 3:32 PM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: Re: 10 things all tech writers should do
Andrew,
You mentioned a documentation plan but said nothing
about an information plan. How in the heck do you
expect us to produce quality documentation without a comprehensive
information plan? I simply could not work under such primitive conditions!
Steven Brown
Technical Writer
--- Andrew Plato <gilliankitty -at- yahoo -dot- com> wrote:
>
> 9. Write a comprehensive documentation plan. Don't
> skimp here. You need to plan
> out every last detail of your documents. I usually
> allow 5 to 10 days to design
> and write the plan. Make sure you follow all your
> styles.
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