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I have frequently used Apollo 13 as an example of the value of clear,
concise, targeted prcedure writing. There were no visual aids; no
embedded video, no Flash animations, no exploded view drawings.
The only tools available to communicate procedures to their intended
users in a situation where confusion, errors or wasted time on
unnecessary details were utterly unacceptable were words sent
out over a single VOX channel.
Unfortunately, this cannot be used as an example of *writer* value,
because the individuals involved, including the guys who wrote the
procedures, were all engineers (I've known a few of them over the
years). But it does come in handy any time I feel the need to
respond to someone's assertion that "engineers can't write." :)
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