Role: Technical Writer
A Technical Writer often helps a Development Team complete the documentation needed for the Product Owner, End Users, and support personnel to understand and to be able to use the delivered features.
Role Sets: Deployment
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Develop Product DocumentationDevelop Support DocumentationDevelop User DocumentationProduct DocumentationSupport DocumentationUser DocumentationTechnical_Writer
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    Main Description

    Some organizations might engage a Technical Writer to help a Development Team review and refine the documentation that is produced by the team during a Sprint/Iteration in support of delivered features.

    Because they often are skilled at creating and maintaining technical documentation, Technical Writers help to ensure consistency and conformance to corporate standards.

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    Skills

    A Technical Writer should possess the following skills:

    • Excellent technical writing ability
    • Ability to understand complex technical concepts and to translate them into user-friendly procedures
    • Ability to create concise Help Files that are delivered as part of the application
    • Ability to obtain technical details from Developers, Testers, and Product Owners and to document those details in a way that is easily understood by End Users and support personnel
    • Ability to adhere to corporate documentation standards. If those standards don't already exist, this role should be able to write those standards and communicate them to the Development Team
    • A strong understand of the domain in which the features are being developed

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