Information Development World 2015
 

No Budget? No Problem: Techniques For Getting DITA Projects Approved

Friday, October 2 — 3:00pm-3:45pm

Brian Buehling
Managing Director
Dakota Systems, Inc.

With the growing number of DITA tools in the marketplace, one would think that it would be easy to justify using one of them to create and publish technical documents. By now, most managers have been exposed to the benefits of creating technical documentation according to some agreed upon set of documentation rules using DITA. However, understanding the benefits of this technical approach and being able to justify the expense of implementing it are two different things.

Many technical documentation managers are not able to articulate the long-term advantages of converting product information repositories to DITA in order to build a suitable business case to get such a project approved. This presentation will outline the many cost savings and revenue generation opportunities created by managing product information directly in DITA.
Attend this session to learn how to:
  • Calculate the expected ROI on DITA projects
  • Estimate total project implementation costs
  • Identify project risk factors and develop a strategy for presenting results

 

About

Brian Buehling is currently the Managing Director for Dakota Systems, a leading firm specializing in dynamic content delivery solutions. At Dakota, he has worked on implementations for over a hundred corporate and government systems spanning publishing, aerospace, defense, manufacturing and software industries. Prior to Dakota, he led content management system initiatives for several companies including Wolters Kluwer Health, John Deere and AT&T. His team's decision support system at John Deere Health was selected as a Finalist for Business Intelligence Applications at Comdex/Window World Open and was nominated for the Smithsonian Award for innovation in information technology.