Engineers as authors

[Stephen O'Brien]

Hi,

Many thanks to everyone that answered my question as to how best to work with engineers who will soon become content providers for my team of technical writers.

The answers (18) were mostly all of the same mind - have them use the authoring tool that they know (ex. Word), set up templates to facilitate importing into FrameMaker, and create guidelines/tools to allow them to prepare content that best corresponds to the required tasks. Some training may be useful individuals with weaker language skills.

Your answers actually helped me nudge an existing project in a different direction. The engineers were being asked a level of writing that was beyond their abilities and a negative attitude was developing with regards to contributing expert content.

Again, thanks for taking the time and sharing your experiences! You have clearly influenced how my project will develop.

Stephen O'BRIEN
Coordonnateur à la documentation et rédacteur technique senior | Documentation Coordinator and Senior Technical Writer
InnovMetric Logiciels | Software
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