Digitalization has long since reached the field of technical documentation. Around two thirds of all employees in TD are career changers. This is a good opportunity - especially now - for specialist further training, as in future it will no longer just be the unemployed, low-skilled and older employees who will receive focused support, but also everyone else - regardless of [...]
What can modern product documentation look like in the age of digitalization? This question occupied the interested audience at the tecteam System Day on Thursday, September 27, 2018. Rainer Börsig, CTO of Fischer Information Technology AG, highlighted the topic in a presentation from various aspects: from information acquisition to management to the use of information. The audience [...]
How do I organize myself sensibly in times of information overload and countless to-dos? Is there "the" one method or "the" one tool that will make me successful? I believe that this topic is very individual and therefore requires individual solutions, as I have tried a few things in my professional life, adapted them to suit me and then discarded them [...]
Now it's getting exciting - the tekom metadata standard iiRDS was published in time for the spring conference in Koblenz. Software manufacturers will probably start implementing it now at the latest, as they can now "rely" on a standard. The consortium is growing and industry customers are joining - this is important and good, as it is the only way to ensure acceptance and [...]
Smart - intelligent solutions - digitalization - Industry 4.0 - there is hardly an article - whether on the Internet or in print - that does not contain these terms in the headline. If products are called "smart" - e.g. smart home, smart metering, smartphone - are they automatically intelligent products? Do you need [...]
For many years, the topic of "printed instructions" has been the subject of much discussion in companies and editorial offices. At the end of last year, tekom published the guideline "Provision of usage information in electronic form - eDok", the content of which can be used to conduct discussions in companies more objectively. From our point of view, the guideline will help companies in future decision-making [...]
Our "System Day" series continues in 2017: at the end of February, attendees at tecteam were able to experience how bloXedia (CMS) and across (TMS) work and interact. In other words, what influence the creation of texts/information has on the translation problem and also what considerations are necessary before using these systems. This time, the participants were more [...]
... und warum ist genau dieses Büro oder jener Freiberufler der Richtige? Bestmögliche Übersetzungsqualität, kurze Erstellungszeiten und geringe Kosten? Diese drei Faktoren sind kaum alle gleichermaßen zu erreichen. Wenn die Einkaufsabteilung eines Unternehmens für die Beschaffung der Übersetzungsdienstleistungen zuständig ist, liegt der Fokus häufig vor allem auf dem Preis – und die Qualität bleibt [...]
Around two thirds of all employees in technical documentation are career changers. More or less voluntarily. But what's it like when you want to get out of this industry? Somehow I can't shake off the feeling that you can't get out of this field. TD is a dead end, so to speak. Is this self-image correct? [...]
The first System Day@tecteam took place at the end of June in Dortmund, where several interested participants from near and far were able to experience how a content management system (CMS) and a translation management system (TMS) can be used along the typical process in technical editing. After a brief introduction, docufy, as the CMS manufacturer, showed why [...]
