TECHNICAL DOCUMENTS

A product is a tool, something that can satisfy a need or a want. A product can be a thing, a service, a procedure or process, an organization, a place, information, or an idea. The key feature of a product is the service (benefit) it gives to your customers. Customers tend to assess the benefits of a product in order to determine its value to them. Without a document, a product is merely a potential product. When complemented by a good document, however, a document becomes a true product—a tool for solving your customers’ problems.

Bad Technical Documentation

  • Leads to endless searches for information

  • Creates a need for ongoing one-on-one training and training workshops

  • Prompts continual self-teaching with no sense of learning

  • Causes downtime due to lengthy installations and adjustments

  • Produces high learning curves

  • Triggers lower staff productivity

  • Leads to customer dissatisfaction.

Good Technical Documentation

  • Introduces features and benefits

  • Demonstrates installation and setup

  • Warns against errors and bugs

  • Teaches more productive methods

  • Explains shortcuts

  • Clarifies problems and solutions

  • Identifies problems that require expert help

  • Leads to customer satisfaction.

We have extensive experience in writing, revising, and proofreading technical documentation, including user and system requirements analyses, program and operational documents, installation and administration guides, user guides, training documents, metrics and quality assurance documents, and policy and procedure documents.

We can do the following:

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Rev. Date: April 11, 2005