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WRITING FOR A
TECHNOLOGICAL
DOMAIN
Ashwini Sashital
Senior Manager, Publications, PTC Pune
28 June 2014
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SUMMARY
Defining a Technological Domain
Preparing to Enter the Domain
Writing for the Domain
Adding Value
Questions
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WHAT IS A TECHNOLOGICAL DOMAIN?
A domain in which the technical documentation is almost exclusively used by niche professionals.
Examples
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PREPARING TO ENTER THE DOMAIN
Make up your mind
Start with your resume
During the interview/test
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WRITING FOR THE DOMAIN
Do your homework; know your product
Attend cross-functional meetings
Focus on conceptual information and end-to-end workflows
Liberally use images
Use the necessary technical terms; do not over-simplify
Direct map IDs to concept topics
Keep your procedure topics short and focused
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WRITING FOR THE DOMAIN, CONTD…
Use reference topics
Familiarize yourself with non-UI-based methods to perform a task
Use videos
Try not to depend on other teams for demos
Understand what happens after you submit your deliverables
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ADDING VALUE
Act as a virtual customer
Offer to participate in testing the enhancements for a release
Offer to function as an SME for the Localization team
Manage your deliverables end-to-end
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If you can’t explain it
simply, you don’t
understand it well
enough
- Albert Einstein