CIDM News and Events |
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| Upcoming Workshops | | Developing a User-Centric Content Strategy
December 4-5, 2018
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina Information Modeling for Topic-Based Authoring
December 6-7, 2018
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina Publishing for DITA—Online Course
Two-hour sessions held weekly, every Thursday
January 31-April 4, 2019 Minimalism: Creating Information People Really Need
February 4-5, 2019
Wakefield, Massachusetts Advanced Reuse Strategies
February 6-8, 2019
Wakefield, Massachusetts Advanced Reuse Strategies
February 18-20, 2019
Athlone, Ireland Creating an Effective Information Taxonomy
February 21-22, 2019
Athlone, Ireland DITA Basics—Online Course
Two-hour sessions held weekly, every Tuesday
February 26-April 2, 2019 More Workshops.
| CIDM Webinars | | More Webinars coming soon. Recorded webinars.
Other Webinars easyDITA Editor 2.0
November 15, 2018, 12pm ET Enterprise Value of Simplified Technical English (STE)
December 6, 2018, 11am ET
| Announcements | | Our next managers’ round table will be Wednesday, November 14th at 2pm ET. To sign-up, contact us.
DCL News – October/November LearnDITA Live 2019 Adobe Summit 2019 STC Summit 2019 More Announcements.
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Definition of Done for Documentation Teams Kathy Madison, Comtech Services There are a few definitions of done: past participle of do; completed; cooked sufficiently; worn out; doomed to failure, defeat, or death and even used up. The October CIDM managers roundtable discussion focused on the challenges and best practices associated with the definition of done as it relates to documentation and how it effects team productivity and content quality. Only a small group of managers participated in the session, but they represented documentation teams who were developing content in both agile and non-agile environments. Read the article.
Becoming an Influencer: How to Build a Business Case Lisa Pietrangeli, 36Software YOU’VE GOT SKILLS. Mad skills. That’s why you have a job and a career and are respected in your field. You know what to write and which buttons to push and how to meet deadlines. As a technical communicator, you excel at making the complex simple and at adapting to new methods and tools. You seek them. You understand them. But are you successful in implementing them? Are you able to sell your ideas to your company? Do you know how to get the funding and headcount to make change happen? Read the article.
Service Bill of Materials: What it Is and How You Can Use It Carolyn Gross, PTC
Originally published at https://www.ptc.com/en/service-software-blog/what-is-service-bill-of-materials (used with permission) A service bill of materials (SBOM) is a list of all the serviceable parts needed to maintain an asset while it’s in operation. As the name implies, it’s applicable to individuals concerned with servicing or using a product, whether they be end-users, mechanics, technicians, dealers, or the like. Read the article.
| Our New Tool for Your Organization—An Information Modeling Aid  Use the DITA Information Modeling Deck to plan your DITA implementation and create your DITA information model. The DITA Deck describes the technical content subset of DITA elements, including the six primary topic types, map and bookmap, common block and inline elements, and metadata elements. Each card contains best practice guidelines to help you choose which elements you need, and the content models to help you further define the element structure most appropriate to your content. Use your sorted and annotated cards as a specification for any necessary constraints development, as well as a quick reference to your information model. https://comtech-serv.com/product/dita-deck/
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| Welcome New CIDM Member—AVEVA  AVEVA is a global leader in engineering and industrial software. Our expertise and innovation have put us at the heart of the world’s most ambitious projects, biggest companies, and greatest challenges. On March 1, 2018, AVEVA combined with Schneider Electric’s industrial software business to create an unmatched organisation and end-to-end portfolio focused on driving digital transformation across the entire asset and operational life cycles to maximise return on capital and improve profitability.
Learn more about CIDM (Center for Information-Development Management). |
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