Business Case for DITA

Business Case for DITA

This infographic lays out 8 key advantages to using DITA to manage your technical information.

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Business Case for DITA
8 Advantages to using DITA to manage your technical information

1. Reduce Internal Costs and Faster Time to Market

Writers focus on content, not composition
Multiple writers work on the same ‘documents’ concurrently
Reuse approved content

2. Simultaneous Delivery to Mobile, Desktop and PDF™

Delivered content is always up-to-date
Automated delivery to websites and customer portals
Responsive design supports all display sizes

3. Control Access

Control who has access to specific information – internally and externally
Filter content based on defined access

4. Deliver Content that is Easier to Find

Deliver nuggets of information – not documents
Offer rich faceted search (think “Amazon” style search) to quickly find the right content

5. Broad Adoption of DITA Standard

Originally developed by IBM for software documentation
DITA implemented at over 600 companies worldwide (large community for best practices)
Used in Automotive, Financial Services, Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Semiconductor, Telecom and other industries

6. Reduce Translation Costs

Reduced Translation cost is the top ROI factor for global firms
Translate just the changed content – not the entire document
Reuse translated content

7. More Consistent Content

Avoid legal liabilty resulting from ambiguous or inconsistent information
Describe the same concept or task the exact same way throughout your information library

8. Support of Feedback & Analytics Tools

Allow content consumers feedback on specific content
Allow users to create custom collections of approved content based on their needs
Understand what content is frequently (and infrequently) accessed

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