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Re: The origins of task-oriented writing as a preference
Subject:Re: The origins of task-oriented writing as a preference From:"Anthony Markatos" <tonymar -at- hotmail -dot- com> To:mxd2 -at- osi -dot- com, techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com Date:Sun, 30 Jan 2000 11:46:55 PST
Mark Dempsey asks:
Can anyone tell me the origins of this movement toward task-orientation in
writing?
Tony Markatos responds:
Tom DeMarco wrote a very popular book on task-oriented technical
communications back in the latter 70's.. Read 'Structured Systems Analysis
and Specification' Tom DeMarco, Yourdon Press 1979.
(Note: technical communications do not have to be written; in fact, for
software products, written communications are a poor form of communication -
especially compared with effective graphics.)
Tony Markatos
(tonymar -at- hotmail -dot- com)
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