 | | | |
When faced with an online or printed documentation project, many writers don't know where to start. On one hand, a large amount of information is waiting to be delivered to the customer. On the other hand, a number of important questions seem to require immediate answers. What development tools should the writer use? What are the advantages/constraints of the development tools? What delivery environments are going to be available? In reality, it's too early to answer these questions. Instead of making decisions about tools and environments, the writer needs to concentrate on the information that needs to be communicated and organize it for online presentation. What the writer needs is a methodology that makes it easy to visualize the information. If the information presentation is not visualized in a clear and logical fashion, the documentation product is not going to be a success, no matter how sophisticated the development tool and delivery media.
View both works by Hyman, Francine N. and Barton A. Evans
View all 2240 works published by STC Proceedings |
A Visual Methodology From Topic List to Storyboard
http://www.stc.org/ConfProceed/1993/PDFs/Pg525.pdf
Hyman, Francine N. and Barton A. Evans
STC Proceedings
1993
Abstract: When faced with an online or printed documentation project, many writers don't know where to start. On one hand, a large amount of information is waiting to be delivered to the customer. On the other hand, a number of important questions seem to require immediate answers. What development tools should the writer use? What are the advantages/constraints of the development tools? What delivery environments are going to be available? In reality, it's too early to answer these questions. Instead of making decisions about tools and environments, the writer needs to concentrate on the information that needs to be communicated and organize it for online presentation. What the writer needs is a methodology that makes it easy to visualize the information. If the information presentation is not visualized in a clear and logical fashion, the documentation product is not going to be a success, no matter how sophisticated the development tool and delivery media.
|
|
| |
There are 11 readers currently online: 0 registered users and 11 guests. Register.