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Can software developers and technical communicators write documentation together?
parson supported the Digital Industries, Factory Automation and Information Management division at Siemens in establishing a standardized authoring process. more...
Staff portrait: Gernot Baumann, Technical Communicator
Gernot Baumann has been working as a technical communicator at parson since 2018. In our blog, we talked to him about his experience as a career changer, trends in technical communication, his current work projects, and more. more...
Software documentation, a strange new world?
Digitalization is increasing the need for software documentation. This article provides an overview of the characteristics of software documentation and is geared toward beginners. We will try to give an answer to the question what good software documentation is and what technical authors need to know to create it. more...
Topic-based information architecture and online help for SICK AG
For their localization software LiDAR-LOC, SICK needed an online help. parson developed a topic-based information architecture and created the online help. more...
API documentation – What software engineers can teach us
When asking software engineers about API documentation, you soon find out that there are two groups. The first group is convinced that good code does not require any explanation. Members of the second group frequently read documentation and even enjoy writing it. You also find out that software engineers have completely different opinions and approaches when it comes to the layout, presentation, and contents of a perfect API documentation. more...