The countdown to the tekom annual conference 2019 is on!

Das tecteam Bildungsinstitut feiert in diesem Jahr sein 25-jähriges Jubiläum. Bis heute haben bereits über 3000 Technische Redakteure und Redakteurinnen erfolgreich ihre Ausbildung bei tecteam abgeschlossen. Das Technische Volontariat ermöglicht Unternehmen, die Ausbildung ihrer Fachkräfte mitzugestalten. Mit dem Studium „Master of Science (M. Sc.) Technische Kommunikation und Medienmanagement“ erwerben Absolventen einen international anerkannten akademischen [...]

7 questions for Kristina Scharenberg

Kristina Scharenberg How and when did you join tecteam? After studying German, I did a traineeship to become a technical editor. The school-based part took me to the tecteam training institute, while I completed the practical part in an industrial company. At the end of 2016, I joined the service department at tecteam straight after my traineeship. [...]

2025-09-10T12:35:45+02:0014.10.2019|Kategorien: General|Tags: , , , , editing|0 Comments

Standards with relevance for technical documentation - May to October 2019

Issue date: May 2019 DIN EN ISO/IEC 17000 Conformity assessment - Terminology and general principles A new draft of DIN EN ISO/IEC 17000 on the subject of conformity assessment was published in May. The standard deals with both the terminology for conformity assessment and a description of the functional approach to conformity assessment. It can be used for the legally regulated [...]

Qualification at a high level - the tecteam training institute celebrates its anniversary

For 25 years, the tecteam training institute has stood for further training and qualification at a high level. Since its foundation in 1994, over 3000 technical writers have successfully completed their training with us. Our graduates work all over the world and in a wide variety of industries. Whether Shanghai or Niederkrüchten, whether highly specialized software documentation or operating manuals for down-to-earth agricultural machinery - [...]

TechKommGlossary - The golden ratio

The golden ratio is a traditional technical term for the division ratio of distances, surfaces or solids. Surfaces in art or photography are often divided in the golden ratio. The fact that is referred to today as the "golden ratio" has probably been known for several thousand years. At the Parthenon in Athens, built around 450 [...]

2025-09-10T13:20:31+02:0013.08.2019|Kategorien: TechCommGlossary|Tags: , , , , , typography|0 Comments

Customer Day 2019 at tecteam

Technische Dokumentation goes Industry 4.0 Nachdem wir im letzten Jahr unser 30-jähriges Jubiläum gefeiert haben, war für uns klar, dass es in 2019 wieder einen Kundentag geben muss. Dieser Kundentag bot einen informativen Nachmittag und einen geselligen Abend. Unser Experte für Normen und Vorschriften Olaf Dömer informierte unsere Gäste, inwieweit sich die neue, allseits [...]

7 questions for Yvonne Rittgeroth

Yvonne Rittgeroth How and when did you join tecteam? I joined tecteam in December 2018. After the sale and restructuring of the company I had previously worked for, I wanted to return to a service provider for technical editing. I was still working for a service provider [...]

2025-09-10T11:27:19+02:0002.07.2019|Kategorien: Working at tecteam|Tags: , , , , editing|0 Comments

Smart Media Creator and Congree at the tecteam System Day

At the tecteam System Day in the spring, two systems were presented in combination that solve two important tasks in technical communication in a practical and beneficial way: Content reuse and language checking of texts. Claudius Jacoby, Managing Director of Expert Communication Systems GmbH in Haar, presented the user-friendly Smart Media Creator (SMC) editing system. The SMC is web-based [...]

Standards with relevance for technical documentation - April 2019

Issue date: April 2019 DIN 5008 Writing and design rules for text and information processing In April, a new draft of DIN 5008 will be published with some changes. Among other things, the sections "Terms" and "Symbols to clarify the rules" have been updated. Furthermore, the content of various sections and appendices has been revised or supplemented. Finally, [...]

Technical data - When the original kilogram decreases

It was a news item a few weeks ago: The original kilogram, protected in a special safe, is getting lighter. Now some people will think with relief: "Oh, that's why my scales always show more when I stand on them." To ensure that no one is under any false illusions about their own weight, a new definition of the kilogram has been [...]

2025-10-07T14:42:32+02:0005.05.2019|Categories:General|Tags: , , , , Time|2 comments
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