Re: Documentation Deliverables for Complex Scenario

Subject: Re: Documentation Deliverables for Complex Scenario
From: Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com>
To: TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 13:43:14 -0700

It's a lot easier to be able to look up whatever you want wherever you
happen to be than to have to start some other component first, so I'd
integrate all the help content into one big "book," making sure the
outline / TOC was easy to navigate.

In some cases this may mean delivering the same big package in several
formats. E.g. I had a complex product where a Windows client got a
.chm, an Eclipse client got Eclipse help, and a server component with
no UI got a PDF--but all three had all the information.

I'd organize the help by workflow lifecycle.
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References:
Documentation Deliverables for Complex Scenario: From: Deborah Hemstreet

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