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Automating and Modernizing Technical Reviews

  • Presentation
  • Level up your technical communication
  • 18. September
  • 10:30 - 11:15 AM (CET)
  • Scandium
  •  Scott DeLoach

    Scott DeLoach

    • ClickStart
  •  Thomas Bro-Rasmussen

    Thomas Bro-Rasmussen

    • GN Hearing

Contents

Nobody enjoys reviews. They typically occur at the end of the development cycle, so everyone is busy and stressed about last-minute tasks. It's difficult and time consuming for technical writers to manually identify what's new, what's changed, and what's been deleted, and it's easy to miss an important change. It's difficult for reviewers to remember why changes are needed, especially without access to a previous version of the content or even other reviewers' comments. And, when we finally gather the required review comments, technical writers often have to play a stressful game of "hide-and-seek" to successfully find, rewrite, and revise the reviewers' feedback. In this presentation, we will share real-world solutions to help you streamline, modernize, and automate the review process. 

Takeaways

In this session, you will learn:
* How to automate change tracking
* How to efficiently identify and format changes for reviewers and users
* How to leverage AI and modern tools to improve the review process

Prior knowledge

None

Speakers

 Scott DeLoach

Scott DeLoach

  • ClickStart
Biography

Scott DeLoach has 30+ years experience as a technical writer, instructional designer, trainer, and UX architect, and he has provided consulting and training for over 150 companies and government agencies around the world. He is a frequent speaker at technical content and user assistance conferences, and he has received four Best of Show awards from STC for his work. He holds a master's degree in Technical and Scientific Communication from Miami University (Ohio), and he is an STC Fellow.

 Thomas Bro-Rasmussen

Thomas Bro-Rasmussen

  • GN Hearing
Biography

Thomas Bro-Rasmussen graduated as M.Sc. in human physiology, biochemistry, and biology, but has spent the past 30 years in the world of computer graphics and communication. Thomas has equally divided his expertise between design, training, and development. His expertise ranges from the intricacy of adjusting a glyph in a font to the million-page technical documentation.