Definition of Tech Writer, was STC is broken

[Dan Goldstein]

The risks of an unsuccessful technical document in my industry (medical
devices) are pretty darn high.

I'll bet the same goes for the pharma and aviation tech writers on
TECHWR-L. Can I get an "Amen"?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lauren
> Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 1:32 PM
> To: 'Michael West'; techwr-l at lists.techwr-l.com
> Subject: RE: Definition of Tech Writer, was STC is broken
> 
> ... The risks of an unsuccessful technical document are 
> lower than the risks of an unsuccessful business document, 
> although the detail of technical documents is greater 
> than that of business documents. Risks are lower for 
> technical writing because the failure of the document 
> means that the audience will not understand the product. 
> A lack of product understanding can be fortified with 
> training or a re-write of the documentation...
> 

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