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Communications for ICT: The Essential Guide

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By David Tuffley
Published by Altiora Publications
$9.95 Rating: Not yet rated.
Published: Sep. 27, 2011
Words: 42,183 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781465995049


Short description

Communications for ICT is an essential guide to technical communication for IT professionals. Whether you want to become a Technical Writer, or simply an IT professional who wants to become better at doing documentation (and that can boost your career), this handy guide is for you. It was written as a text book for a first year University course for IT students.

Extended description

Communications for ICT is an essential guide to technical communication for IT professionals. Whether you want to become a Technical Writer, or simply an IT professional who wants to become better at doing documentation (and that can boost your career), this handy guide is for you. Going well beyond the conventional technical communication text book, it also includes important topics such as professional conduct, argument/persuasion, software project documentation (like requirements specifications), international communication, high-performance project teams and the ethical technologist. These are in addition to how to write technical reports, user manuals and whitepapers.

Communications for ICT is the prescribed text for a course by the same name in the School of ICT at Griffith University, a top-ten research university in Australia. The author combines 15 years of practical experience as a technical writer in the IT industry, with his ongoing academic teaching and research since .. (Read more)

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persuasion, argument, technical communication, technical writer, online help, technical report, how to write technical, white paper, user manual, user documentation, writing university assignments, crosscultural communication, effective team membership, the ethical technologist

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Review by: daniel robinson on April 12, 2012 : (no rating)
Absolutely essential for all I.T professionals, who want to be able to persuasively communicate their ideas to potential clients.
(reviewed long after purchase)

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