Re: what separates a senior tech writer from a regular tech writer?

Subject: Re: what separates a senior tech writer from a regular tech writer?
From: "Julie Stickler" <jstickler -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:32:15 -0500

On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 11:41 AM, Leonard C. Porrello
<Leonard -dot- Porrello -at- soleratec -dot- com> wrote:

> A senior technical writer needs to understand fully the product
> development lifecycle of his industry and the role/place of writing in
> that lifecycle. For example, a senior technical writer in the software
> development industry should understand waterfall, iterative, and agile
> methodologies of software development, how writing fits into each, and
> the risks of each.

Leonard, If a technical writer were to want to learn about such
things, how would they go about it? I can Google with the best of
them, but are there other resources out there for learning about
software development processes? Good books? Online courses?

Thanks!
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what separates a senior tech writer from a regular tech writer?: From: Paul Kretschmer
RE: what separates a senior tech writer from a regular tech writer?: From: Leonard C. Porrello

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