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It might be helpful to have a Quick Guide level installation guide,
which would just provide enough information in order to do a
"regular" installation. In any of these 17 cases, refer to their
original documentation for a complete installation guide.
I think this would be a reasonable compromise.
Max Wyss
PRODOK Engineering
Low Paper workflows, Smart documents, PDF forms
CH-8906 Bonstetten, Switzerland
I'm documenting one of those monster software suites that needs 17
pieces of 3rd party software installed before it'll run.
I've been told by my boss that I don't need to document the
installation of the 3rd party stuff: they have their own manuals, and
besides, with all those companies making changes to their software,
how would we ever be able to keep our manual current? So I'm just
documenting the configurations and settings that need to be made to
the 3rd party products to make our product run.
But all the developers and testers (in another state) are complaining
that I haven't documented enough; they want me to document everything
that needs to be installed.
How the heck do you handle this no-win situation?
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