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Planning Once Again for Reductions in Force If you’ve been in technical publications, as I have, for more than 30 years, or even more than 20 years, you’ve seen reductions in force before. Perhaps one of the hardest hitting was the economic slowdown in the early 90s when many large corporate publications organizations were severely downsized. Not only were staff members cut, but many traditionally centralized organizations were split apart and assigned to engineering groups, resulting in the loss of many experienced managers. More articles
Best Practices for DITA in a Global Economy In the prior article of this series, we looked at DITA best practices from theauthor’s point of view. This included consideration of what it takes to think in terms of topics rather than books, managing content variations and reuse, and using links and cross-references appropriately. Discussion Results: How do users retrieve and use technical information, and what delivery media best support those approaches? At the CIDM Best Practices Conference 2008 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, BMC Software hosted a preconference discussion about how today’s users retrieve and use the technical content that supports our products and solutions. The objective of the session was to draw some useful conclusions about the best delivery media and publication mechanisms we can develop to support the changing needs of today’s users and to begin exploring next-generation media for future users. The Search for Work / Life Balance… Telecommuting is becoming more popular as companies look for ways to reduce costs, become green, and offer a flexible work environment. Some of us are LUCKY enough to work for companies that allow their employees to work from home, with flexible working hours. This is a benefit for the employee for so many reasons, especially for a better work / life balance. |
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