Free online course "Technical documentation in IT projects"

How to make sure that documentation is not forgotten to write? How to make the documentation solve real design problems, and not be written "for show"? What documentation is needed in your project?

It's time to talk about all this!

Meet: open and free online course "Technical documentation in IT projects."

http://documentat.io/courses/open-course/



This course is primarily about documentation processes: their goal-setting and their place in the overall picture of software development processes.

The format of the course is weekly lectures (on Fridays at 9:00 Moscow time) for 40-50 minutes each, broadcast on YouTube. Broadcast recordings remain available on YouTube for everyone.

What is this course about:

• Goals and objectives of documentation from the point of view of project management.
• Life cycles of technical documents. The processes of creating, reviewing, storing and publishing documentation.
• Typical types of tools for creating, storing and publishing documentation. Their comparison in terms of applicability to different types of documentation processes.
• Overview of modern documentation standards (GOST and ISO / IEC / IEEE).
• Professional profile of technical writer. What you need to be a good tech writer, where to grow an experienced tech writer, how to hire them to your team.

What we have already talked about:

• Lecture 1. Two definitions of technical documentation. What documentation is needed in your project? Who is a tech writer and why do you need him? www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0DNTDE3EgE
• Lecture 2. Documentation - an artifact or a process? What is wrong with the documentation? How to fix it? youtu.be/BG5yBiyZTRc
• Lecture 3. Life cycles of technical documents. youtu.be/qF9hDviKBYM

Next lecture: May 1, 9:00 Moscow time. Requirements for documentation tools. youtu.be/Sawz84gY4Uk

The course is free, you can join at any time, but registration is required.

Join now!