Re: The role of tech writers when working with business/systems analysts

[Andrew Plato <gilliankitty -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

> What is the relationship of tech writers to business or systems analysts in
> your organization? I'm working with a client that uses all three, and it
> seems like technical writers could do many of the same tasks that analysts
> do. Recently, someone in the organization who was searching for an analyst
> said that there was no such thing as an analyst anymore; that technical
> writers with specialized skills fulfilled these roles now. I found that
> interesting because many of the systems analysts that I have known
> preferred to do programming, not documentation.

Maybe these businesses are realizing that the most valuable person in these
position is somebody who both knows the subject matter AND can document it. 

Andrew Plato 


	
		
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