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Subject:RE: Information Mapping From:Richard Lewis <tech44writer -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"Bridge, Ian" <Ian -dot- Bridge -at- capita -dot- co -dot- uk>, techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Wed, 1 Nov 2006 09:08:42 -0800 (PST)
Ian:
Robert Horn popularized structured writing. His commercial immplementation of structured writing is call Information Mapping. You can go to www.infomapping.com to find out more about that product.
In a more general sense, Horn used to say (still does?) on the Infomapping web site that structured writing is really all about analysis. So what better tool is there to perform info mapping than structured systems analysis (i.e., data flow diagrams)?
Actually only data flow diagrams offer a mechanism to come up with a comprehensive integrated whole and a mechanism to properly partition (chunk) functionality into right-size pieces.
I guess the answer is both at the moment. It?s a concept I?ve encountered a couple of times recently and I think it may be something we can apply in our role here to formalise our document production approach. Not sure what other products there may be to support and how they compare with Info-Map, but any information or experience would be useful.
Cheers.
Ian Bridge
Procedural Change Service x1094
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From: Richard Lewis [mailto:tech44writer -at- yahoo -dot- com]
Sent: 01 November 2006 15:58
To: Bridge, Ian; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: Re: Information Mapping
Ian:
Do you specifically mean the Info Mapping product or info mapping in general?
Does anyone have experience of using formal Information Mapping
methodologies to produce Operational Procedures, Processes, User Guides
or Processes?
How did the techniques help/hinder the development process?
Ian Bridge
Team Leader
Procedural Change Service
Capita
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