Document Development Life Cycle: A Guide for Technical Writers

Welcome to episode 077 of the Technical Writing Success podcast from the Curt Robbins & Associates Technical Writing Agency. This podcast is targeted at IT professionals, technical writers, and documentation specialists. Subscribe today to never miss a single daily episode! Today’s episode teaches listeners about the Document Development Life Cycle, or DDLC. This documentation project management approach, derived from the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), provides technical writers and documentation specialists with an industry-proven methodology for improving IT documentation. Listeners learn how to use DDLC to decrease production effort while increasing quality. Hosts Daphne and Fred share their spirited analysis of the recent article by Curt Robbins entitled "Document Development Life Cycle: A Guide for Technical Writers." They explore the pros and cons of DDLC, including the most popular tools like Adobe Framemaker, Confluence, DITA, and MadCap Flare. The Curt Robbins & Associates Technical Writing Agency is currently taking on new clients. We enjoy helping companies with their documentation and communications strategy and implementation. Contact us to learn about our reasonable rates and fast turnaround. Read the original article by Curt Robbins: https://tinyurl.com/yc38mkya. Read Robbins' article "The Eight Pillars of Technical Writing": https://tinyurl.com/vm35fnsm.