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Re: Fwd: Re: Books On Engineering Tech Comm vs Crafting Tech Comm?

Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: Books On Engineering Tech Comm vs Crafting Tech Comm?
From: Dick Margulis <margulisd -at- comcast -dot- net>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2004 13:01:40 -0500




Tony Markos wrote:



Dick:

Weiss's book on using an Engineering approach to tech
comm is often quoted and referenced. I therefore
(loosely) refer to it as a "classic" on the subject.


The title, Tony. I'm asking for the title.

An Engineered approach also called a Modular approach.
Organinzing documentation by first chunking the
subject into "right-size" pieces is a key element of
this approach.
A Crafting approach is also called a Linear approach. It is simular to the approach used in writing a novel.
Basically involves crafting one paragraph after
another in sequence, without first chunking.

Note: Do to car problem, I might not be able to
further post for awhile (rest of today). I am
currently drawing a DFD to analize the situation:-)


Okay, now my antennae are quivering big-time. Not only is this a false dichotomy, but you've constructed a strawman. No serious tech writer uses what you are calling a crafting approach. Everyone works in discrete chunks, no matter what they call their process.


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