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Services for Creating and
Managing Information
 
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Products and Services

Product specialties

  • Online Help systems
  • Project schedules and plans
  • Process improvement papers
  • User manuals
  • Getting Started guides
  • Installation manuals
  • Procedural manuals
  • Release notes
  • Datasheets
  • Application notes
  • White papers
  • Training manuals
  • Online training courses
  • Virtual classroom training (VCT)
  • Proposals
  • Newsletters

Services

Planning and managing the teams and the work

Extensive experience in planning, scheduling, and coordinating large documentation projects ensures the quality and on-time delivery of your products.

  • Plan and direct work for global team members
  • Encourage team communication and interaction
  • Research technical requirements for content and target audience
  • Determine document type and customization (single source)
  • Plan content delivery platform (print, Web, CD-ROM, embedded)
  • Plan for documentation scope, resources needed, and milestones for on-time delivery
  • Propose and implement developmental enhancements for document suites

Developing the products

Indepth knowledge of and adherence to the documentation process ensures that your product will adhere to industry standards.

  • Interview subject matter experts (SMEs)
  • Develop approved delivery schedules
  • Create outlines for documents
  • Write and edit first draft documents
  • Perform usability testing
  • Enter documents into change management system
  • Conduct documentation reviews
  • Finalize and deliver documents

 Delivering the products

  • Prepare documents for final delivery
    • Print form and PDF
    • Electronic for use on the Web or on CD-ROMs
    • Online Help embedded in software products
  • Deliver masters to in-house or external production facility
    • Printer
    • CD-ROM production house
    • Software developer for online help
  • Ship to customers

 

 
 

Tools Knowledge

  • Adobe FrameMaker 7.1 and 8.0
  • Adobe Acrobat Professional 8.0
  • Microsoft Word
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Microsoft Project (project planning)
  • Macromedia RoboHelp Office X3 and X5 (online help authoring tools)
  • Macromedia Dreamweaver MX and CS3 (for creating websites)
  • RoboDemo 5.0 (for interactive simulations)
  • Microsoft FrontPage (for creating websites and online documents)
  • HTML
  • Microsoft Visio Professional 2002 (block diagrams, network diagrams)
  • Adobe Illustrator 9.0

 


 


 
 
 
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