RE: Training for FrameMaker 10 and S1000D

[Veronica Kutt]

Hi Nadine,

Thank you for the recommendation for our training. At the moment, we're not
offering S1000D/FrameMaker 10 training. This is something we are working
toward offering in the future.


Sincerely,

Veronica Kütt
President
Front Runner Training, a Div. of Front Runner Publishing Solutions Inc.
416-515-0155
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Subject: Re: Training for FrameMaker 10 and S1000D

You might want to contact Front Runner in Toronto
(http://www.front-runner.com/). I don't see course for that on their Web
site, but they might be able to help you in some way.

Nadine



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 Subject: Training for FrameMaker 10 and S1000D
 
T o anyone offering FrameMaker training:
 
 S1000D is a documentation standard that was developed in Europe for
 military use, but is now being widely adopted by Aerospace companies
 around the world. Theoretically, it's a framework to create any kind of
 documentation, from paper parts lists to maintenance procedures with 3D
 graphics on your iPhone, all from information modules stored in a
 central database. It's a nice vision of the future, but getting from
 here to there is the big (expensive) problem.
 
 FrameMaker 10 seems to have quite a lot of S1000D support built in, such
 as the means to interact with a common source database and the ability
 to validate data modules against business rules, etc., but we are having
 trouble making any practical use of it.
 
 Is anyone offering a course yet on using FrameMaker to support an S1000D
 implementation? We have been to some free seminars and watched plenty of
 Webinars, but they were mostly sales pitches on the benefits of the
 standard without any practical value. We need to move ahead with a real
 solution, because we have customers that are starting to request
 documentation that meets the new standard.
 
 I would love to hear from any of you trainers about what resources you
 have available. We would really like to keep using FrameMaker as the
 basis for our documentation, rather than start with something completely
 new. It would be a big plus if the training was available in the Seattle
 area.
 
 Thanks,
 
 Clint
 
 
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Training for FrameMaker 10 and S1000D

[Owen, Clint]

To anyone offering FrameMaker training:

S1000D is a documentation standard that was developed in Europe for
military use, but is now being widely adopted by Aerospace companies
around the world. Theoretically, it's a framework to create any kind of
documentation, from paper parts lists to maintenance procedures with 3D
graphics on your iPhone, all from information modules stored in a
central database. It's a nice vision of the future, but getting from
here to there is the big (expensive) problem.

FrameMaker 10 seems to have quite a lot of S1000D support built in, such
as the means to interact with a common source database and the ability
to validate data modules against business rules, etc., but we are having
trouble making any practical use of it.

Is anyone offering a course yet on using FrameMaker to support an S1000D
implementation? We have been to some free seminars and watched plenty of
Webinars, but they were mostly sales pitches on the benefits of the
standard without any practical value. We need to move ahead with a real
solution, because we have customers that are starting to request
documentation that meets the new standard.

I would love to hear from any of you trainers about what resources you
have available. We would really like to keep using FrameMaker as the
basis for our documentation, rather than start with something completely
new. It would be a big plus if the training was available in the Seattle
area.

Thanks,

Clint

 
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Re: Training for FrameMaker 10 and S1000D

[Writer]

You might want to contact Front Runner in Toronto 
(http://www.front-runner.com/). I don't see course for that on their Web site, 
but they might be able to help you in some way.

Nadine



- Original Message -
 From: Owen, Clint clint.o...@craneaerospace.com
 To: framers@lists.frameusers.com
 Cc: 
 Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 6:49:55 PM
 Subject: Training for FrameMaker 10 and S1000D
 
T o anyone offering FrameMaker training:
 
 S1000D is a documentation standard that was developed in Europe for
 military use, but is now being widely adopted by Aerospace companies
 around the world. Theoretically, it's a framework to create any kind of
 documentation, from paper parts lists to maintenance procedures with 3D
 graphics on your iPhone, all from information modules stored in a
 central database. It's a nice vision of the future, but getting from
 here to there is the big (expensive) problem.
 
 FrameMaker 10 seems to have quite a lot of S1000D support built in, such
 as the means to interact with a common source database and the ability
 to validate data modules against business rules, etc., but we are having
 trouble making any practical use of it.
 
 Is anyone offering a course yet on using FrameMaker to support an S1000D
 implementation? We have been to some free seminars and watched plenty of
 Webinars, but they were mostly sales pitches on the benefits of the
 standard without any practical value. We need to move ahead with a real
 solution, because we have customers that are starting to request
 documentation that meets the new standard.
 
 I would love to hear from any of you trainers about what resources you
 have available. We would really like to keep using FrameMaker as the
 basis for our documentation, rather than start with something completely
 new. It would be a big plus if the training was available in the Seattle
 area.
 
 Thanks,
 
 Clint
 
 
 Clint Owen | Sr. Technical Writer | Crane Aerospace  Electronics | +1
 425 743 8674 | Fax: +1 425 743 8113
 
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Re: Training for FrameMaker 10 and S1000D

[Alan Houser]

  
  
We've looked at providing S1000D training and support, but haven't
been clear on the business case for entering this market. The
blocking factors for small training companies appear to be (from my
perspective):

- Organizations that deploy S1000D are usually very large. They have
their own particular purchasing infrastructure, with their own (also
typically large) preferred vendors.
- The Defense community (where S1000D prevails) is close-nit. Again,
the players prefer their own set of vendors, and its relatively
difficult to enter this community of players from the outside
(without having prior experience and connections in Defense).
- Working with the Defense community presents formidable and costly
roadblocks (like required security clearances).

If my experience does not ring true with others (practitioners or
vendors) I'd love to hear from you.

Mekon in the UK has extensive experience with S1000D and FrameMaker.
I'm not aware of this combination of experience in North America.
You might look for S1000D training from one of the North
America-based companies in this space (Inmedius, O'Neill and
Associates, Hebco come to mind in the U.S.), and hire a
trainer/consultant to customize the FrameMaker 10 S1000D support to
meet your particular workflow and business requirements.

-Alan
---
 Alan

Houser
Group Wellesley, Inc.
Consultant and Trainer, Technical Publishing
Vice President, Society for Technical Communication
arh on Twitter
412-450-0532 (Google Voice) 


On 11/22/2011 6:49 PM, Owen, Clint wrote:

  To anyone offering FrameMaker training:

S1000D is a documentation standard that was developed in Europe for
military use, but is now being widely adopted by Aerospace companies
around the world. Theoretically, it's a framework to create any kind of
documentation, from paper parts lists to maintenance procedures with 3D
graphics on your iPhone, all from information modules stored in a
central database. It's a nice vision of the future, but getting from
here to there is the big (expensive) problem.

FrameMaker 10 seems to have quite a lot of S1000D support built in, such
as the means to interact with a common source database and the ability
to validate data modules against business rules, etc., but we are having
trouble making any practical use of it.

Is anyone offering a course yet on using FrameMaker to support an S1000D
implementation? We have been to some free seminars and watched plenty of
Webinars, but they were mostly sales pitches on the benefits of the
standard without any practical value. We need to move ahead with a real
solution, because we have customers that are starting to request
documentation that meets the new standard.

I would love to hear from any of you trainers about what resources you
have available. We would really like to keep using FrameMaker as the
basis for our documentation, rather than start with something completely
new. It would be a big plus if the training was available in the Seattle
area.

Thanks,

Clint

 
Clint Owen | Sr. Technical Writer | Crane Aerospace  Electronics | +1
425 743 8674 | Fax: +1 425 743 8113

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Training for FrameMaker 10 and S1000D

[Alan Houser]

We've looked at providing S1000D training and support, but haven't been 
clear on the business case for entering this market. The blocking 
factors for small training companies appear to be (from my perspective):

- Organizations that deploy S1000D are usually very large. They have 
their own particular purchasing infrastructure, with their own (also 
typically large) preferred vendors.
- The Defense community (where S1000D prevails) is close-nit. Again, the 
players prefer their own set of vendors, and its relatively difficult to 
enter this community of players from the outside (without having prior 
experience and connections in Defense).
- Working with the Defense community presents formidable and costly 
roadblocks (like required security clearances).

If my experience does not ring true with others (practitioners or 
vendors) I'd love to hear from you.

Mekon in the UK has extensive experience with S1000D and FrameMaker. I'm 
not aware of this combination of experience in North America. You might 
look for S1000D training from one of the North America-based companies 
in this space (Inmedius, O'Neill and Associates, Hebco come to mind in 
the U.S.), and hire a trainer/consultant to customize the FrameMaker 10 
S1000D support to meet your particular workflow and business requirements.

-Alan
---
Fellow, Society for Technical Communication Alan Houser
Group Wellesley, Inc.
Consultant and Trainer, Technical Publishing
Vice President, Society for Technical Communication
arh on Twitter
412-450-0532 (Google Voice)

On 11/22/2011 6:49 PM, Owen, Clint wrote:
> To anyone offering FrameMaker training:
>
> S1000D is a documentation standard that was developed in Europe for
> military use, but is now being widely adopted by Aerospace companies
> around the world. Theoretically, it's a framework to create any kind of
> documentation, from paper parts lists to maintenance procedures with 3D
> graphics on your iPhone, all from information modules stored in a
> central database. It's a nice vision of the future, but getting from
> here to there is the big (expensive) problem.
>
> FrameMaker 10 seems to have quite a lot of S1000D support built in, such
> as the means to interact with a common source database and the ability
> to validate data modules against business rules, etc., but we are having
> trouble making any practical use of it.
>
> Is anyone offering a course yet on using FrameMaker to support an S1000D
> implementation? We have been to some free seminars and watched plenty of
> Webinars, but they were mostly sales pitches on the benefits of the
> standard without any practical value. We need to move ahead with a real
> solution, because we have customers that are starting to request
> documentation that meets the new standard.
>
> I would love to hear from any of you trainers about what resources you
> have available. We would really like to keep using FrameMaker as the
> basis for our documentation, rather than start with something completely
> new. It would be a big plus if the training was available in the Seattle
> area.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Clint
>
>
> Clint Owen | Sr. Technical Writer | Crane Aerospace&  Electronics | +1
> 425 743 8674 | Fax: +1 425 743 8113
> 
> Check out the new Crane Aerospace&  Electronics Newsroom!
> http://newsroom.craneae.com
> Like us on Facebook!
> http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/Crane-Aerospace-Electronics/163305413682908
>
> We value your opinion!  How may we serve you better?
> Please click the survey link to tell us how we are doing:
> http://www.craneae.com/ContactUs/VoiceofCustomer.aspx
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> 
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