Being part of the global transformation

The work environment is changing ever more rapidly; companies are reacting and increasing the tempo. Technical documentation must not be left behind.

Text by Stephan Schneider

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Being part of the global transformation

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Globalization is more than just a buzzword; it leads to increasingly greater change in work and business processes. The development is irreversible and is progressing regardless. It is critical for those responsible for technical communication to take a hand in designing the processes. The following sections show examples of the challenges that technical communication must face.

Development locations distributed over several countries or even continents – the creation process for technical documentation must be adapted. Developers are important information providers in this process. Language barriers must be overcome, a functioning knowledge transfer between the locations is required. New forms of collaboration across locations arise, where the obstacle of time difference should not be underestimated. Distributed locations will eventually also develop for technical documentation, which ...