Part One: Release Notes Issues and Best Practices

Part One looks at the challenges involved in creating release notes and best practices for delivering high quality releases:

  • Why release notes are critical piece of any technical communication strategy
  • The reputational issues: People care about the quality of release notes, and they tell the world about the good...and the bad (with examples)
  • A recommended template for organizing release notes
  • A view into the four levels of release note sophistication: Curation, Organization, Integration, and Personalization
  • How great release notes become a significant business asset.

To learn more read Release Note Best Practices.

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Part Two: Technical Considerations for Implementing Release Notes Best Practices

Part Two covers the technical workflow used at Jorsek (developers of easyDITA) to produce and manage our release notes. This webinar is particularly applicable to tech pubs groups working in a complex product environment with multiple products, versions, user permissions, etc.:

  • How structure liberates release notes writers and reviewers
  • Aligning release notes with issues management systems, in our case JIRA; but applicable to other agile development tools
  • Workflows that align with best practices as outlined in Part One

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Release Notes webinar part 1
Release Notes webinar part 2