Re: what separates a senior tech writer from a regular tech writer?

["Julie Stickler" <jstickler -at- gmail -dot- com>]

On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 11:41 AM, Leonard C. Porrello
<Leonard -dot- Porrello -at- soleratec -dot- com> wrote:

> A senior technical writer needs to understand fully the product
> development lifecycle of his industry and the role/place of writing in
> that lifecycle. For example, a senior technical writer in the software
> development industry should understand waterfall, iterative, and agile
> methodologies of software development, how writing fits into each, and
> the risks of each.

Leonard, If a technical writer were to want to learn about such
things, how would they go about it?  I can Google with the best of
them, but are there other resources out there for learning about
software development processes?   Good books?  Online courses?

Thanks!
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