05 Oct Technical Writing Authoring
About the Module
The 2-day module helps you understand Technical Writing Authoring concepts, types and processes involved that you practice with multiple exercises.
The module also explains the complete Technical Documentation Review process.
Dates: Oct 29-30 (2.30-5.30 PM IST)
IMPORTANT!! Those who have registered for Technical Writing Fundamentals course should not register separately for this Module.
How to Register
Inclusion in the Course
- Session = 6 hours in 2 days
- Helpline = Trainers available to help outside the session duration
- TWO project activities during the session for participants
- Reference toolkit for future usage
- Participation Certificate
Who Should Attend!
- All who want to have expertise in Technical Writing Style Guides.
- All who want to understand templates of documents.
- All who want to understand types of authoring from topic-based to scenario-based.
- All who want to understand the ideal Review process and reduce iterations of review.
Course Structure
Day 1: Authoring Types
- Authoring Process and Concepts
- Elements of Document (TOC)
- Structured
- Unstructured
- Minimalism
- DITA
- Elements of documents – TOC, content, visuals, tables
- Authoring Types
- Modular writing
- Topic-based Writing
- Task-based Information writing
- Scenario-based Writing
- Feature-based Writing
- Authoring Process and Concepts
Day 2: Review Process
- Editing & Proofreading
- Concept
- Copy Editing and Proof-reading
- Reader Advocacy
- Readability Score
- Reviewing (Checklists)
- Type of reviews – self, peer, technical/SME/Product owner, editorial, Stakeholders
- Communication plan – due by date
- Documentation Quality Check
- Quality Measurement
- Readability Index
- Validations
- Accessibility
- Editing & Proofreading
About the Instructor
Punit Shrivastava is involved in mentoring and helping technical writing community for a long time. He prefers sharing knowledge and learning with the focus on having a skilled community. He has 20+ years of experience in the field of writing that spreads across writing for English daily, The Asian Age, and 17+ experience in technical documentation.
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