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One of my tasks is Document control and I am trying to work with our Supervisors and managers to get things properly documented and up to date.
Currently, we tend to ask the supervisor to write things out and then we try to turn this into a controlled document.
Of course this process has a lot of snags (and frustration) when we have to go back and ask questions, get clarifications etc.
I've started writing down some brief "tips" that might be useful for the management people to know and was thinking about making this into a PPT that we could run our management folks through.
Of course I don't expect them to become technical writers. (Hey I need my job.) I just think that it would be useful for them to know what kinds of things we look for in a procedure, instruction etc.
Some points that I have touched on so far are things like: keeping it simple, choosing the right terms (shall or should etc), choosing the right format (flow, bullet, etc) advantages of using "white space".....things like that.
Anyway --------
Then I thought of the good ole Cove and wondered if any of you folks have done anything like this...have any tips, outlines, anything that might be useful.
Or - should I forget this idea and just keep slugging forward the way I have been.
Thanks for any help
James
Currently, we tend to ask the supervisor to write things out and then we try to turn this into a controlled document.
Of course this process has a lot of snags (and frustration) when we have to go back and ask questions, get clarifications etc.
I've started writing down some brief "tips" that might be useful for the management people to know and was thinking about making this into a PPT that we could run our management folks through.
Of course I don't expect them to become technical writers. (Hey I need my job.) I just think that it would be useful for them to know what kinds of things we look for in a procedure, instruction etc.
Some points that I have touched on so far are things like: keeping it simple, choosing the right terms (shall or should etc), choosing the right format (flow, bullet, etc) advantages of using "white space".....things like that.
Anyway --------
Then I thought of the good ole Cove and wondered if any of you folks have done anything like this...have any tips, outlines, anything that might be useful.
Or - should I forget this idea and just keep slugging forward the way I have been.
Thanks for any help
James