Key Concept Archive
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Structured and Unstructured Content: Perspectives from a Data Governance/Privacy Analyst
In this presentation, attendees will take a high-level drive through the world of Data Governance from the eyes of a new Data Governance/Privacy Analyst. We’ll review the Data Governance Lifecycle, the three data content stages (structured-unstructured-semi-structured), the four data classifications. Learn what is considered personal data that can/is/might be collected…
- Key Concepts: regulated industries
- Filed under: Webinars , TC Dojo
Bursting Files for Arbortext-Windchill MIL-STD Doctypes
Arbortext .bcf files necessary for connecting MIL-STD doctypes to Windchill. Group license. Not for general distribution.
- Key Concepts: arbortext content manager (windchill), regulated industries
- Filed under: Products
Arbortext 201: Configuring Arbortext for MIL-STD Doctypes
Learn the basics for getting Arbortext and Windchill configured for the MIL-STD-38784 doctype. Paperback. ISBN: 978-0-997-6505-6-3
- Key Concepts: arbortext content manager (windchill), arbortext editor, best practices, configuration and implementation, regulated industries, techcomm tools
- Filed under: Products, Resources
Teaching Martians to make a sandwich–How Technical Writers can improve patient safety
There’s a well-known exercise to experienced technical writers: How do you teach a Martian to make a sandwich. It’s so well known that we talk about it as an exercise in best practices for user experience and modern instructional design. In the last few years, this exercise has become a…
- Key Concepts: best practices, regulated industries, usability and user experience
- Filed under: Blog
What happens when you skimp on documentation?
In the TC Dojo last week we found out: Your company is at risk of debilitating lawsuits that, in the worst case, can put you out of business. Joe Devney, forensic linguist, editor, non-fiction writer, and previous STC chapter chair shared stories of companies who delivered insufficient, poorly-written documentation or who failed…
- Key Concepts: regulated industries
- Filed under: Webinars
Manage your product content like you manage development
Meet compliance and regulatory challenges Medical device manufacturers are facing some very tough challenges today including demand for innovation, complying with strict environmental and regulatory requirements, and shrinking price premiums, not to mention intense competition which demands faster times-to-market. The world’s most respected medical device manufacturers are attacking these problems…
- Key Concepts: content strategy, globalization, make your business case, regulated industries, single-sourcing
- Filed under: Blog
Documentation, Medical Devices, and the FDA
This month the implementation date for MDD directive (2007/47/EC) comes due. There are a number of issues that require action by manufacturers (changes to the Essential Requirements, clearer requirements for clinical evaluation, changes to the QA of third parties) and the Notified Bodies ( higher requirements for auditing Technical Files)….
- Key Concepts: globalization, make your business case, regulated industries
- Filed under: Blog
Dynamic product information delivery systems reduce translation costs
Recently, I was privileged to talk with a customer that implemented Arbortext in 1999: Greg Johnson at Medtronic. Greg heads up what his executives have told him is “the most successful project Medtronic had ever done.” In this interview, Greg talks about how dynamic information delivery systems can really drive…
- Key Concepts: regulated industries
- Filed under: Webinars