10 Skills To Move Your Career Forward Captured or Contractor / Consultant

10 Skills 10 Skills To Move Your Career ForwardTo Move Your Career Forward

Captured

or

Contractor / Consultant

GoalGoal10 skills in 50 minutes = 5 mins per skill

Introduction to each Skill

Learn What You Don’t Know

Learn About Resources

Jumpstart to Learning on Your Own

PlugPlugWho Am IWho Am I

Mark LewisDITA Product Manager – Usability

Quark

Author “DITA Metrics”

Community: WritingOBJECTively.com

Take-AwaysTake-Aways

Slide Summary List of Resources

Tell ‘em What You’re Gonna Tell ‘em What You’re Gonna Tell ‘emTell ‘em

Certifications Get Published Service Design Topic Based Authoring The Promise of XML Content Modeling and

Analysis (Info Architecture) Collaboration Project Management Software Development

Lifecycle Testing

Object Oriented Design Write a Style Guide BIO Sites Diagramming Tools Documenting Processes Virtual PCs Podcasting Blogging Volunteer and Learn

CertificationsCertificationsGet ‘em. Your skills are now

indisputable.

Get Published Get Published Magazine ArticlesFreeware.com / Shareware.com Help

Get Published – Get Published – Content For SaleContent For Sale

STC Article For Sale

Get Published Get Published

O’Reilly – Short Cuts

Service DesignService Design

documentation as a service

Topic Based AuthoringTopic Based Authoring

Task topics: Removing Red Eye Setting the White Balance Setting the (ISO) Light Sensitivity

Concept topics: About White Balance About (ISO) Light Sensitivity

The Promise of The Promise of XML and DITA XML and DITA

TranslationReuseConditional Processing / Filtering

The Promise…Structured The Promise…Structured AuthoringAuthoring

Resume– Contact Information– Objective– Skills– Experience– References– Hobbies

The Promise…Structured The Promise…Structured AuthoringAuthoring

Business Letter– Letterhead or sender's address – Date – Recipient's address – Subject – Salutation or Greeting – Message (body of the letter) – Closing – Signature

The Promise…Structured The Promise…Structured Authoring…Very TranslatableAuthoring…Very Translatable

Task Topic Title Short Description Pre-Requisites Context Information Steps Task Result

The Promise…Structured The Promise…Structured Authoring…Task TopicAuthoring…Task Topic

The Promise…Structured The Promise…Structured Authoring…Task TopicAuthoring…Task Topic

SS of Task Topic XML

The Promise…Structured The Promise…Structured Authoring…ReusableAuthoring…Reusable

The Promise…Structured The Promise…Structured Authoring…ReusableAuthoring…Reusable

The Promise…Structured The Promise…Structured Authoring…ReusableAuthoring…Reusable

The Promise of The Promise of XML and DITA XML and DITA

Introduction to DITAJoAnn HackosComtech Serviceswww.comtech-serv.com

The Promise of The Promise of XML and DITA XML and DITA

XML – Weekend Crash Course Alan Houser Kay Ethier

Content Modeling and Analysis Content Modeling and Analysis

Roll Your Own Schema

Information Architecture

Planning for Reuse

Content Development LifecycleContent Development Lifecycle

WBS

Content Modeling and Analysis Content Modeling and Analysis Reuse Map graphic

Content Development LifecycleContent Development Lifecycle

Gant Chart

Content Development Lifecycle Content Development Lifecycle

WBS and Gant

Enterprise Content ManagementEnterprise Content Management

A Unified Content Strategy Ann Rockley Pamela Kostur Steve Manning

The Promise of The Promise of XML and DITA XML and DITA

Conditional Processing / Filtering Paragraph Example

The Promise of The Promise of XML and DITA XML and DITA

The Promise of The Promise of XML and DITA XML and DITA

Attributes Panel SS

The Promise of The Promise of XML and DITA XML and DITA

TranslationReuseConditional Processing / Filtering

Intermission / SponsorIntermission / Sponsor

CollaborationCollaboration

No more Old School review process Collaborative authoring Peer reviews Workflow tools and methodologies Enterprise Level Contribution Content Pipeline Look at your Current Processes

CollaborationCollaborationThink About Current

Processes and How They Can Be Improved

Managing Virtual Teams: Getting the Most from Wikis, Blogs, and Other Collaborative Tools

– Char James-Tanny– Brown, Haettinger

Project ManagementProject ManagementPreparing to be a manager or project lead

Dependencies = Predecessors

LavaCon

Software Development LifecycleSoftware Development Lifecycle

Development

Testing Documentation

RequirementsSpecifications

High Level Design

Low Level DesignCode

MaintenanceNew Features

User Acceptance Test Plan

System Test PlanIntegration Test Plan

Unit Test PlanRegression Test Plan

Overview Concepts

Task ListConcepts List

Task & Concept Meat

MaintenanceNew Features

Help

TestingTesting

Development

Testing Documentation

RequirementsSpecifications

High Level Design

Low Level DesignCode

MaintenanceNew Features

User Acceptance Test Plan

System Test PlanIntegration Test Plan

Unit Test PlanRegression Test Plan

Overview ConceptsTask List

Concepts List

Task & Concept Meat

MaintenanceNew Features Help

Knowing the SDLC you canBe a Business Analyst

Write Test Plans / Be a Tester

TestingTesting

Learn About the Different Type of Test Plans

Learn TerminologyBlack Box Testing vs. White Box

Boundary Conditions

Content Development LifecycleContent Development Lifecycle

WBS

Software Development LifecycleSoftware Development Lifecycle

Software Engineering

Roger Pressman

Software Development LifecycleSoftware Development Lifecycle

Pressman: Beginner’s Guide

Object Oriented DesignObject Oriented Design

Foundation Skill: XML, CMS, CSS

Object = A categorization or classification of things that allows

us to organize functionality or information in a way that it may be re-used / re-purposed.

What a thing is

What a thing does

What this thing has in common with other things

Object Oriented DesignObject Oriented DesignObjects, Characteristics, Attributes,

Behaviors, Methods, Functions

WritingOBJECTively.com

Object Technology:

A Manager’s GuideDavid A. Taylor

Why is it UsefulWhy is it UsefulFor Technical Writing

– facilitates re-use of content– single point of maintenance– CMS = Content Management System– XML

For Software Development– facilitates re-use of code– single point of maintenance– data hiding or encapsulation– API = Application Programming Interface

Write a Style GuideWrite a Style Guide

Write a ScreenShot Style Guide Write a Naming Conventions Guide

Unsolicited

Get your name in front of peopleAmmo at Annual Review

Write a Style GuideWrite a Style Guide

SS of my guide

BIO SitesBIO Sites

BIO + Photo

The Content Wrangler Community

LinkedIn.com

Plaxo.com

Diagramming ToolDiagramming Tool

Process Diagramming

SOP’s for Audits

Swimlanes

Sarbanes Oxley

Diagramming ToolDiagramming Tool

Content Review Process Example

VolunteerVolunteer

Katrina

SwimlanesSwimlanes

Swimlane Process Mapping

Jane C. Frazier

Process MappingProcess Mapping

www.BusinessEnterpriseMapping.comwww.PatonProfessional.com   Savvion.com/Process-Mapping

Virtual PCVirtual PC

VPC: Virtual PCVM: Virtual Machine

Virtual PCVirtual PC

VPC: Virtual PCVM: Virtual Machine

Virtual PCVirtual PC

VPC: Virtual PCVM: Virtual Machine

PodcastingPodcastingEmbed in Slides or separate with advance

slide tone.

Podcasting – Voice RecordersPodcasting – Voice Recordersvoice recorders Podcast Solutions

by Michael Geoghegan

PodcastFAQ.com

Podcasting – Audio EditingPodcasting – Audio EditingAudacity from Shareware.com

BloggingBlogging

Blog About the Things You Know

BloggingBloggingGetting Published

Volunteer and LearnVolunteer and Learn

volunteer for STC small projects: commit 5, 15 hoursBe an officer

You get back what you put in (2x)

Tell ‘em What You Told ‘emTell ‘em What You Told ‘em Certifications Get Published Service Design Topic Based Authoring The Promise of XML Content Modeling and

Analysis (Info Architecture) Collaboration Project Management Software Development

Lifecycle Testing

Object Oriented Design Write a Style Guide BIO Sites Diagramming Tools Documenting Processes Virtual PCs Podcasting Blogging Volunteer and Learn

Contact InfoContact InfoMark Lewis

MLewis@Quark.com

HyperWriters@hotmail.com

727-687-3118 c

The Content Wrangler Community: DITA Metrics &

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