Documentation Production

[Aarti Shetty <aartishetty2005 -at- yahoo -dot- co -dot- in>]

Hi,
 
I am creating a User Guide for an existing thick and
thin client application. The User Guide is a PDF
deliverable. Where should the User Guide be located in
the product directory structure? The CM Manager
recommends that it should be a server component, and I
agree. I am writing to find out if there is a standard
location for product documentation in the product
directory structure, in such a scenario. 
 
I would like to maintain the same directory structure
for ensuing versions of this product. Will this work
well, considering that the next release of the same
product will be a full thin client application? The
User Guide will continue to be a PDF deliverable. 
 
 
Secondly, I will be creating the WebHelp deliverable
for both versions of the application. I concur with
the CM manager to have Help served from the server.
But, I am not sure which location to place the Help
system in the product directory structure. 

My assignments so far have called for me to create and
check-in the documentation deliverables. I have always
worked in large documentation teams that have required
production managers to take decisions about the
documentation directory structure. I haven?t had a
chance in my previous assignments to understand why
documentation is located and served from specific
locations in the product directory structure. I am
currently the sole writer in the product group that I
am working with and I am faced with the challenge of
making production calls. I believe that I should have
stretched myself in my previous assignments to
understand all aspects of documentation. But I also
believe it isn?t too late to learn. 

 
I will appreciate if senior writers who have made
production calls to help me understand the aspect.
 
 
Thanks,
Aarti


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