Society for Technical Communication Quality Special lnterest Group Quarterly Newsletter December 2002
Volume 9, #4


A Quarterly Newsletter Published by the Quality Special lnterest Group of the Society for Technical Communication


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Does Editing Ensure Quality?

A discussion of the article “Technical Editing as Quality Assurance: Adding Value to Content” in Technical Communication in which the authors argue that technical editing is akin to software testing.
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“…editors, like software testers, are a godsend to any group.”

by Jonathan Price

 

Quality in Tough Times

In tough times with limited staffing and budget cuts, some writers feel that quality becomes harder than ever to achieve.
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by Lori Fisher

Musing on Metrics column
Prove Your Quality

If you determine requirements, then provide hard data on your products’ conformance to those requirements, then you have proven
the quality of your work.
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by Steven Jong

 

Developing Author Guidelines that Ensure Compliant Document Submissions

Developing effective and usable instructions for submitting manuscripts to periodicals is of paramount importance for expeditiously handling and publishing peer-reviewed articles.
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by Gary Michael Smith



Built for Use: Driving Profitability Through the User Experience

If you want to understand how satisfying the user experience contributes to profitabiliy of enterprises that use the Internet as a customer relationship channel, you want Built for Use
by Karen Donoghue.
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by David Dick

 

Member Profiles Column

This column offers individual profiles of Quality SIG members so that we can learn about each other.
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by Marla Davis




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