Good morning, Has anyone here worked on a project to implement an industry standard? Our company needs to comply to an emerging industry standard (API-1163) and I get to write all the policies and procedures. First of all, it's a very different type of writing. Second, it actually involves adopting three related standards that overlap each other. I'm trying to figure out how to streamline our procedures so that a person doing a certain job doesn't have to read three slightly different procedures all telling him or her to do nearly the same thing.
Here are my questions. The three standards have a number overlapping requirements. Has anyone written procedures that reference two or more requirements from different standards? If standard A says you must list the ingredients in an apple pie and standard B says you must identify any pie that contains apples, can you write a procedure that covers both requirements? Maybe that's not the best example, but I think it gets the idea across. Does anyone have any other tips on writing policies and procedures for industry standards? Thanks, Tom Johnson ______________________________________________ Author Help files and create printed documentation with Doc-To-Help. New release adds Team Authoring Support, enhanced Web-based help technology and PDF output. Learn more at www.doctohelp.com/tcp. DITA West 2007--Use a discount code of "TECHCOMMPROS" to get a discount rate of $200 off the $900 registration price. http://www.travelthepath.com/conf/dita2007.shtml _______________________________________________ Technical Communication Professionals Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com Subscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com
