Archive - Dec 19, 2010
In pursuit of the ultimate techCom information architecture
How do we identify user tasks?
Blog entry: Submitted by Jonatan Lundin on Sun, 2010-12-19 08:56.
A technical product needs documentation that helps the end user understand how the product is used to solve the needs, problems or requirements the user is facing. The documentation includes task information (as a DITA task topic) to instruct the user on how to do things.
But how does the technical communicator identify the user tasks? Let’s look at the traditional task analysis approach along with its challenges.