Archive for the ‘technical writing’ Category

  • Writers: How Do You Handle Revisions that Creep In?

    Apr 9, 12 • technical writingNo Comments
    Writers: How Do You Handle Revisions that Creep In?

    Revisions are something that will usually occur in any writing project. There will be multiple people looking at the document for various reasons: 1.  To make sure that the content is accurate 2.  See if the document adheres to the company’s and/or client’s guidelines 3.  Edit the document so that there aren’t any spelling or ...

  • Four Requirement Types and the Documents to Put Them

    Four Requirement Types and the Documents to Put Them

    When you are developing a solution, you will be creating requirements that describe every detail of the design. If you don’t, then your solution is probably going to fail. Therefore, you have to be sure to collect all of them, analyze them, and make sure they are implemented correctly. In business analysis, requirements are broken down into four ...

  • Five Areas in 2012 That Technical Writers Need to Know

    Jan 4, 12 • technical writingNo Comments
    Five Areas in 2012 That Technical Writers Need to Know

    This is also true of systems that businesses and government agencies use. The systems were not as robust, and a lot of them have been (or will be) updated to keep up with the demands of today. With this, also comes the documentation that tells the beginning, middle, and end of these systems. This is from the project planning, requirements gathering and analysis, and the end-user documents. Due to the close tie-in between documentation and systems, technical writing has also evolved alongside technology. ...