Ask the Expert

    Ask the Expert on IEC/IEEE 82079-1

    Dr. Claudia Klumpp

    IEC 82079-1 is the most important standard for the preparation of all types of usage information – from a tin of paint to very complex products such as large-scale industrial machinery. The revised...

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    Ask the Expert

    Ask the Expert: Team Culture and Motivation in Technical Writing Teams

    Kai Weber

    Fostering good team culture and motivation in a team of technical writers can be tricky. Some teams are distributed or not even a formal team. Some teams are not embedded well in development or...

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    Software Documentation ,Technical Writing

    Authoring, Collaboration and CX - Miss One and You Miss the Point

    Technischer Redakteur vor dem Computer_Aufnahme von hinten
    Steve Wiseman

    Outline of contents:

    • documentation is more than "here's how the product works" - design thinking/interaction design and UX is now a core part of the development process
    • technical writers need to...

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    Software Documentation

    Bake a Little Documentation Love into Your Product

    Matt Reiner

    That little bit of extra love and care is what turns a dessert into a delight. So what about your product? Why not bake some of that sweet, sweet documentation right in? Together, we'll learn that the...

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    Technical Writing

    Blogging - Writing Tips and SEO

    Paula Stern

    In Blogging – Part I, we discussed why you should have a blog, the differences between blogs and websites, main blogging platforms, the importance of knowing your readers, setting goals, and some...

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    Technical Writing ,Translation

    Bridging the Gap between Technical Communication and Translation

    Dr. Birgitta Meex ,Dr. Daniela Straub

    The processes of creating and translating/localizing information products are highly interwoven knowing that the content created by technical communicators along the product information life cycle...

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    Software Documentation ,Career

    Building a Quality Culture for Software Documentation

    Technischer Redakteur vor dem Computer_Aufnahme von hinten
    Monica Chis

    For the creation and delivery of high-quality software products or applications, a strong quality culture for software development and quality-oriented teams are required. 
    Documentation is essential...

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    Terminology

    Collaborative Terminology Work

    Cordula Schubert-Berker

    Terminology has been an intensely discussed topic in the industry of technical communication. In summer 2015, a tekom working group was initiated, recruiting volunteers with diverse backgrounds to...

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    User Experience

    Connected content: the object-oriented way

    Dimiter "Jimmy" Simov ,Ekaterina Mitova

    We are all familiar with the task-based documentation approach. Writing about user tasks, however, is much better and easier when we understand the objects that users need to perform these tasks. We...

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    Technical Writing

    Connected content: the object-oriented way

    Ekaterina Mitova ,Dimiter "Jimmy" Simov

    We are all familiar with the task-based documentation approach. Writing about user tasks, however, is much better and easier when we understand the objects that users need to perform these tasks. We...

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