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> I'm trying to figure out if my experience of writing administrators' guides is relevant to writing policies and procedures, or if I'll be totally out of the running for this job.
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> If you've written documentation for software/hardware as well as policies and procedures, how would you describe the differences between these two areas?
In software documentation, you are describing how the user can do a
certain function, with ambiguity as to how they approach it. With
policies and procedures, you are describing approach, and assuming
method will be a product of the skillsets users have. It's the same
skill, but different vocabulary, and a different approach. You seem to
think fast on your feet, so it will probably be fun.
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