TechWhirl (TECHWR-L) is a resource for technical writing and technical communications professionals of all experience levels and in all industries to share their experiences and acquire information.
For two decades, technical communicators have turned to TechWhirl to ask and answer questions about the always-changing world of technical communications, such as tools, skills, career paths, methodologies, and emerging industries. The TechWhirl Archives and magazine, created for, by and about technical writers, offer a wealth of knowledge to everyone with an interest in any aspect of technical communications.
Subject:Re: Quality of source material from Development From:Iggy <iggy_1996dp -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 11 Dec 2001 20:56:48 -0800 (PST)
> I'd insist on one tiny modification: it should be
> mandatory to
> *become* an expert user/tester.
>
> Managers who only recruit writers who are expert in
> technology
> XYZ are skipping a whole lot of good writers, some
> of whom could
> probably do a better job than the XYZ expert you
> actually hired.
I think that's a given. But the *become* part should
not take long.
Technical writers have extreme advantages over the end
users:
1. They have access to the programmers
2. They have access to QA
3. They have access to support and training
4. They have access to other information sources,
whether they be people, documents, or
software/hardware.
You don't need to be an expert user to be an expert
tester/SME. It helps, but you really need to be able
to pull together the big picture and get granular from
there. After all, you'll need to do the same for your readers.
__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Check out Yahoo! Shopping and Yahoo! Auctions for all of
your unique holiday gifts! Buy at http://shopping.yahoo.com
or bid at http://auctions.yahoo.com
Collect Royalties, Not Rejection Letters! Tell us your rejection story when you
submit your manuscript to iUniverse Nov. 6 -Dec. 15 and get five free copies of
your book. What are you waiting for? http://www.iuniverse.com/media/techwr
Your monthly sponsorship message here reaches more than
5000 technical writers, providing 2,500,000+ monthly impressions.
Contact Eric (ejray -at- raycomm -dot- com) for details and availability.
---
You are currently subscribed to techwr-l as: archive -at- raycomm -dot- com
To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-techwr-l-obscured -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com
Send administrative questions to ejray -at- raycomm -dot- com -dot- Visit http://www.raycomm.com/techwhirl/ for more resources and info.
