Cost benefit analysis
Comparing the costs of developing documentation against the benefits that may be expected
Indexing
A good index is a vital component in any document which is more than 20 to 30 pages long
Proposal writing
Convince the reader that the author’s objectives are well-founded and worth pursuing
Quick user manuals
Assuming that the reference guide is being written, you can create a quick user manual by referring to topics within that document
The synopsis
Once the research phase of a documentation project is well advanced, it is useful to plan what is going to be written in a short document (a synopsis)
Technical what?
To some, technical writing can seem an esoteric, time-consuming and unnecessary frippery
Translation: the writer's role
To aid the translator in producing an accurate, and cost-effective, representation of the original
What's in a name?
There are plenty of people who do technical writing but aren’t called technical writers
