Top 10 Trends Driving Technical Communication Industry Forward Today

By Ugur Akinci

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Here are top 10 trends identified by Christian Gravelle, Senior Technical Analyst, and reported by Maxwell Hoffman in an Adobe blog:
Trend #1: Adoption of Structured Documents
Trend #2: Shift Towards Single Source Publishing
Trend #3: Added Complexity in Multi-Format/Multi-Channel Delivery
Trend #4: Providing for Mobile Delivery
Trend #5: Increased Demand for Topic Based, Context Specific Help
Trend #6: Movement to Multimedia Communication
Trend #7: Social Interaction, a Springboard for Direct Customer and User Input
Trend #8: The Growing Role of Reporting and Analytics
Trend #9: The Specialist, the “Jack of All Trades,” and the Growing Chasm
Trend #10: Improved Time to Market through Automated Processes and Effective Collaborative Facilities
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2 Comments

Alexander on January 25, 2016 at 2:24 am

Structured authoring is still too complex for the majority of the techcomm audience, and an overkill for many Documentation projects…

techwriter on January 25, 2016 at 10:20 am

More and more I agree with that view, especially when small and mid-sized businesses are concerned. Yes, the long run leads to structured authoring but we still have a long ways to get there. Please see this post: https://technicalcommunicationcenter.com2015/11/05/5-reasons-not-to-convert-to-structured-authoring/

Alexander on January 25, 2016 at 2:24 am

Structured authoring is still too complex for the majority of the techcomm audience, and an overkill for many Documentation projects…
- techwriter on January 25, 2016 at 10:20 am
  
  More and more I agree with that view, especially when small and mid-sized businesses are concerned. Yes, the long run leads to structured authoring but we still have a long ways to get there. Please see this post: https://technicalcommunicationcenter.com2015/11/05/5-reasons-not-to-convert-to-structured-authoring/