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Justification/Tech Writer Role/Non-Profit Development Team
Subject:Justification/Tech Writer Role/Non-Profit Development Team From:robert -dot- kennedy -at- textexcellence -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 19 Dec 2003 12:37:38 -0700
Hey Folks,
I've searched the archives and am stumped.
I know many of you have written papers justifying
your roles as tech writers for businesses...
I'm working for a large non-profit that's building a
cutting edge digital repository (in cooperation with a
prestigious university) to serve libraries worldwide.
I've been in this role for a month, but a new development
manager wants to know why they need a tech writer at this stage.
(To this point I've done data flows for developers and edited research
notes. The project is expected to go for another 12-18 months; the
software is being built from scratch in Java.)
If any of you have worked in such a capacity, could you throw me
a line or two?
I've identified statements like:
+ Must provide transparency needs (comprehensive, accessible
documentation) to support the mission statements (?business functions?) of
X and its affiliates.
+ There is a advantage to providing continuity (to protect information
integrity of approach via a concurrent documentation ?shadow?) throughout
the process: from prototyping to development and rollout.
I know this is not very much information -- please email me if you need
more details.
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