Innovator

Archetype 5 Innovator

Innovators will usually have four main goals:

  • Developing or creating new applications, relationships, systems, or products.
  • Providing creative ideas or artistic contributions.
  • Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
  • Benchmarking, experimenting and testing novel approaches to solving problems.

Analyzer

Archetype 3 Analyzer

Analyzers will often perform the following tasks:

  • Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
  • Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
  • Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
  • Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.

Other work activities related to Technical writers

  • Developing or maintaining online help documentation.
  • Organizing material and completing the writing assignment according to the established standards regarding order, clarity, conciseness, styling, and terminology.
  • Maintaining records and files of working and revisions.
  • Editing, standardizing, or making changes to material prepared by other writers or establishment personnel.
  • Conferring with customer representatives, vendors, plants executives, or publisher to establishing technical specifications and for determining subject material to be developed for publication.
  • Reviewing published materials and recommending revisions or changes in scope, format, content, and methods of reproduction and binding.
  • Selecting photographs, drawings, sketches, diagrams, and charts to illustrate material.
  • Studying drawings, specifications, mockups, and product samples to integrating and delineate technology, operating procedure, and production sequence and detail.