CCMS introduction: import or create from scratch?

Anyone introducing an editorial system is faced with the question of whether the existing documentation should be imported into the new system or whether everything has to be rewritten. Importing sounds tempting because it appears to be less work. However, the following comparison of customer thoughts and expectations shows what rework is necessary and what preparatory work is worthwhile [...]

The digital transformation in technical communication

The industry is in the process of digital transformation. This digitalization makes every step of the value chain transparent. The factory of tomorrow is faster, more efficient and more flexible: machines communicate with each other, inform each other about errors in the production process, identify scarce material stocks and reorder. The technological possibilities for linking objects, data and processes pose new challenges [...]

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Fill intelligent systems intelligently - prevent stupid results

At the 2019 tekom annual conference, the creative "non-linear thinking allowed" in our event "Filling intelligent systems intelligently - preventing stupid results" was very well received by many participants. Creativity techniques were presented, practiced and then used in a playful way to find and collect classification systems and their properties (taxonomies and metadata). There was just as much interest in using the creative [...]

Redaktionssysteme für kleinere Redaktionen

Für die redaktionellen Anforderungen kleinerer Unternehmen gibt es durchaus kostengünstige Programme, mit denen sich die Arbeitsweise und die Ergebnisse optimieren lassen. Es kommt jedoch  darauf an, dass Anforderungen und Lösung zusammen passen. Zudem muss man berücksichtigen, dass auch die Einführung einer „kleinen Lösung“ zu Beginn einen höheren Aufwand bedeutet, der neben dem Tagesgeschäft zu [...]

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