Re: 10 Things All Technical Writers Should Do

[Tony Markos <ajmarkos -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

Prioritize, prioritize, prioritize!  From what I
learned, and have experienced, coming up with a
detailed, comprehensive understanding of essential
end-user tasks and their interrelationships is the
major part of what needs to be done - not just "one
piece of a larger pie".  

Ed Yourdon (Data Flow Diagrams are for documenting
procedure) says that it is ninty-eight percent (98%)
of what needs to be done.  Ninty-eight percent of
anything is alot!  

Tony Markos

--- Andrew Plato <gilliankitty -at- yahoo -dot- com> wrote:

> That is one peice of a larger pie. Just knowing
> tasks or workflow is not the
> same as understanding the content. 
> 
> If you want people to read your work, you have to be
> an authority. 
> 
> Andrew Plato  
> 
> --- Tony Markos <ajmarkos -at- yahoo -dot- com> wrote:
> 
> > Andrew:
> > 
> > The major thing that a Technical Writer is to do
> is to
> > come up with a detailed, comprehensive
> understanding
> > of the essential end-user tasks and how all those
> > tasks interrelate.  Special emphasis is to be
> placed
> > upon the interrelationships.  
> > 
> > Tony Markos



		
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