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Subject:Trends for Technical Communicators? -Reply From:Bill Sullivan <bsullivan -at- SMTPLINK -dot- DELTECPOWER -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 4 Mar 1996 14:58:22 -0800
* Commercial work versus defense contract work, translating into less
discipline in terms of meeting deadlines.
* Addition of the marketing department and marketing staff to the
group that designs the product and signs off on the technical text.
* More time spent dealing with tools.
* More time spent learning related disciplines such as usability,
indexing, teaching methods
Bill Sullivan
bsullivan -at- deltecpower -dot- com
San Diego, California
