Red Gate Software’s Dominic Smith mentioned in his presentation at UAEurope conference that the company had found Technical Authors were ideally suited to take on the role of Project Manager for small Agile software development projects. In fact, Red Gate had morphed most of its Technical Authors into to a hybrid Project Manager role. Dominic made a… Read more »
Category: project management
Do you need a Documentation Manager when Technical Authors are embedded into Agile project teams?
Earlier this week, I was asked my opinion on whether a Documentation Manager was needed when the individual Technical Authors are embedded into Agile project teams. My response was that a Documentation Manager mainly provides people management, project management, process management and content management. If a Technical Author is a member of a software project… Read more »
If your business ever has to stand in front of a judge..
If your business ever has to stand in front of a judge, you may regret believing the documentating of procedures didn’t matter. When things go wrong, people ask “where’s it written down?” You’ll find them looking at what’s documented to see where the blame lies. If it’s not written down, or if it’s unclear, then the… Read more »
Managing documentation projects – Sage Technologies case study
Below is an interview between Ellis Pratt of Cherryleaf and Diana Logan, Documentation Manager at Sage Technologies. In the interview, we discuss Sage Technologies’ new platform for assisting users, the “Sage Ecosystem”, and how user documentation is developed by Diana’s team.
Managing documentation projects – links to useful information
Here are some links to useful information on managing documentation projects: Support Call Cost Reduction Calculator Six biggest mistakes Project Managers make with documentation and how to avoid them Planning user documentation – a guide for software project managers How many technical writers should we have in our organisation? In a downturn, is it better… Read more »