Creating a doc spec

摘要

All technical documentation projects benefit from a good contentnplan or doc spec. The doc spec is a blueprint for a document. Itnidentifies the product, users, source materials, and subject matternexperts (SME). It also provides a preliminary outline of topics, and itnestimates the effort to produce the document. Although the doc specndescribed is for a printed software user guide, you can adapt your docnspec for other types of documentation, including hardware manuals andntraining guides. The doc spec template is simply a tool that leads younthrough the document planning and estimating process. Your customizedndoc spec captures the who, what, when, why, and how of yournproject