Technical documentation plan describes all the components of a documentation project.

A documentation plan should contain information about the following:

• Product Description: A brief summary of what the product does.
• Audience: Characteristics of users who would be using the product.
• Deliverables: The names of the documents that a technical writer will create and deliver
• Receivables: What the writers and other documentation team members need from others
• Style: Style guidelines to be followed such as in-house style guidelines and the Chicago Manual of Style.
• Tasks: Tools to be used by the documentation team
• Schedules: A schedule for each deliverable. It should include dates for reviewing, editing, illustration, indexing and preparation of the final output.

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Sudipa Sarkar

Sudipa is professional content writer, working in an MNC. She also writes professional resumes for a leading resume writer company in India. Her expertise are both technical and general contents.