Does the project
require your
engineers writing
their own
documentation,

or just
engineering writing?

An Outside ALTERNATIVE

When asked about preparing manuals and other project documentation, staff members sometimes reply: "Explaining the job to somebody else would take too long. Let's just do it ourselves."

But your engineers writing means they'll have less time for primary engineering tasks like design, testing, contact with customers, and coordination with other organizational units within the company.

Engineering writing from MARTIN PUBLICATIONS CONSULTANTS, on the other hand, offers an outside alternative. You still define the requirements and staff members still supply subject matter expertise, but the labor-intensive work is off-loaded to us.

Other BENEFITS
Besides reducing staff workload, we provide these other benefits:

• Off-site Facilities—We provide our own office space, equipment, software, administrative and tech support.
  
• Outside Viewpoint—We can show staff members, (who often have long exposure to a product or technology), ways to tailor publications for less sophisticated readers.
  
• Eye for Assumptions—We recognize and point out places in a publication where subject matter experts tend to make unconscious assumptions about what can be left unsaid.
  
• Publications Know-how—We apply years of experience choosing words, laying out tables, designing illustrations (line drawings, diagrams, photos), all to make sure that technical content is conveyed clearly and concisely.
  

MARTIN PUBLICATIONS CONSULTANTS
3178 Tully Road
San Jose, CA 95148-2054

Phone (408) 274-0203
e-mail: martin@martinconsult.com

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