What are three best practices of technical writers? What are some key questions and methods you would use to analyze and define your users? Why is this imp

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Discussion Points:

• What are three best practices of technical writers?
• What are some key questions and methods you would use to analyze and define your users? Why is this important?
• Address the significance of including the User-Experience (UX) in analyzing technology.

An anonymous author wrote, "Analyze the people who use your documentation so you understand what they need and don't need to know."

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Applications of personal experience

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Writing standards

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