Software ships continuously; documentation can’t be rewritten every sprint. Strategies for writing docs that survive the next release.
Amar Saleem
The ‘page builders are bloated’ argument misses the point. The tool is fine; the discipline is what’s usually missing.
Event collateral is read at a distance, in a crowd, in seconds. The design rules are different from screen — and most banners ignore them.
Evaluators skim. Decision-makers skim harder. Why the executive summary deserves more of your time than any other section of the bid.
Increasingly, the people using GIS software aren’t cartographers — they’re planners, surveyors, field crews. Documentation has to meet them where they are.
Maintenance sounds vague until something breaks. A plain-language list of what ongoing care covers — and what neglect looks like six months in.
Hiring one person who does three things isn’t always right — but when it is, the reasons are specific. An even-handed look at the trade-offs.
Not all documentation does the same job. A practical map of the core document types, who each one serves, and the order to build them…
The most common presentation mistake isn’t ugly slides — it’s slides built to be read instead of shown. A short guide to the difference.
