TASK SHIFT: Changes in the Object of Documentation

TASK SHIFT: Changes in the Object of Documentation

Writing documentation to support tasks is a common enough practice that our approach to it is transparently commonsensical: start from a notion of task that requires users to learn and apply a piece of software or machinery in a specific way. “Task orientation is writing, structuring, and organizing...

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