RE: Information Architecture seems quite similar to Technical Writing

Subject: RE: Information Architecture seems quite similar to Technical Writing
From: "Sharon Metzger" <sharon -dot- metzger -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: "'Robin Whitmore'" <rwhitmore -at- weebly -dot- com>, "'Cardimon, Craig'" <ccardimon -at- m-s-g -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2016 15:14:20 -0500

Ditto -- plus I curate the internal wiki and meddle in the tech support portal's FAQs/Troubleshooting/self-service answers, none of which is product doc, but is arguably information architecture.

The geeky part is not arguable.

Sharon

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Subject: Re: Information Architecture seems quite similar to Technical Writing

Join the club - I do it all too! And loving it!

On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 11:11 AM, Cardimon, Craig <ccardimon -at- m-s-g -dot- com>
wrote:

> As Iâm a lone writer here, I do the whole thing.
>
>
>
> I suppose that makes me Senior Technical Writer, Tech Pubs Manager,
> and Information Architect, all rolled into one geeky person.
>
>
>
> ~Craig
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> *From:* Robin Whitmore [mailto:rwhitmore -at- weebly -dot- com]
> *Sent:* Friday, February 12, 2016 2:09 PM
> *To:* Cardimon, Craig <ccardimon -at- M-S-G -dot- com>
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> *Subject:* Re: Information Architecture seems quite similar to
> Technical Writing
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> In my experience, Information Architecture is part of Tech Writing if
> you are responsible for how your content is organized and delivered.
> In larger companies, there are often Information Architecture
> specialists that work with the writing teams to help create templates
> for deliverables, and who help determine what content goes into which
> type of deliverable, and they also help determine the delivery method.
> In smaller companies, those tasks may be done by the tech pubs manager.
>
>
>
> So I just think it's a higher level of breaking down the complex.
> Instead of breaking down the complex for a single product or even
> feature, it's breaking down the complex across all deliverables to
> make the customer journey smoother.
>
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 7:39 AM, Cardimon, Craig <ccardimon -at- m-s-g -dot- com>
> wrote:
>
> I was reading a review, located here (
> http://www.uxmatters.com/mt/archives/2016/02/information-architecture-
> in-review-part-1.php) of a new book on information architecture.
>
> The reviewer talks about "breaking down information complexity."
>
> One of the definitions I have read of technical writing is
> "simplifying the complex."
>
> Those two definitions seem the same to me.
>
> Is technical writing a branch of information architecture, or is
> information architecture a branch of technical writing?
>
> Cordially,
> Craig Cardimon | Senior Technical Writer Marketing Systems Group
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