Competencies: Documentation & Technical Writing

Documentation & Technical Writing

Overview

Documentation encompasses the authoring, publishing, engineering, and visual communication practices that make technical knowledge accessible, maintainable, and discoverable. This domain covers markup languages, publishing platforms, docs-as-code workflows, and diagramming tools.

Industry Frameworks

  • ITCQF (International Technical Communication Qualifications Foundation) — technical writing

  • Google Technical Writing courses — industry practices

  • Docs-as-Code movement — engineering-driven documentation

  • Society for Technical Communication (STC) — professional standards

Subdomains

Subdomain Topics Personal Coverage Avg Level

Documentation Engineering

19

High

Expert

Authoring

14

High

Expert

Diagramming

13

Moderate

Intermediate

Publishing Platforms

13

High

Advanced