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Subject:A Test to Select Competent technical Writers From:Geoffrey Marnell <gmarnell -at- OZEMAIL -dot- COM -dot- AU> Date:Thu, 2 Mar 1995 22:00:57 +1100
Suppose that there is no accreditation process to help you select a
technical writer for a new project. Suppose, too, that you want to
create a simple test
to help you select the best technical writer from those who apply to your
advertisement seeking a technical writer to, let us say, create a paper
user guide to some new accounting software. Suppose, further, that there
is some possibility that this writer may be asked by your client to create
on-line
documentation for that same software. What would you include in such a
test to help you select the perfect writer?
