TCOM320
Documentation Project Management
The underlying challenge in every documentation project is to produce quality documentation on time and within budget. You can do this successfully, provided you understand and use proven document management techniques.
This course will equip you with a toolkit of skills, concepts, and best practices that you can draw on. You’ll learn practical skills for managing technical documentation projects, including project planning, estimating, budgeting, and managing resources (including team building). You’ll also become aware of issues such as localization, production, and usability.
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This course is available at the following time(s) and location(s):
| Section | Session(s) | Date/time* | Campus | Instructor(s) | Cost** | Registration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TCOM320-ON11441 | - | Jun 17–Aug 29, 2014 (Register by Jun 3, 2014) |
Online | Ellen Ashdown |
$420 | Register |
* This course involves 12.5 instructional hours and is available only to Certificate in Technical Communication (online) students.
** Members of the Society for Technical Communication are eligible for a 10 percent discount. Please contact us to confirm your membership and register. You may not combine discounts.
What will I learn?
By the end of the course, you will be able to do the following:
- Identify and characterize your readers
- Design documentation that suits your readers’ needs
- Plan the content of your documents
- Identify how many and what kinds of resources and tools you need to develop the documents
- Create a project schedule and budget
How will I learn?
- Class discussions
- Independent assignments
- Extra reading
How will I be evaluated?
Your grade will be based on six assignments.
Textbooks and learning materials
All course materials are available online.
Hardware and software requirements
In this course, you will work and communicate online. We will deliver the course materials and communication tools to you online in a program called WebCT. You will gain access to this program one week before the course begins.
Technical requirements:
- High-speed Internet access
- A web browser that supports tables, frames, Java, and Javascript
(The list of browsers supported by WebCT Vista 8.03 is available online.) - We prefer Microsoft Word, but other word processing software that can create pdf files is acceptable (for example, OpenOffice)
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
If you do not have access to Microsoft Word, you may submit your assignments in another format as long as it is compatible with a PC. Unfortunately, we cannot accept files that will open only on a Mac.