Professional Services Professional: Technical Authority Training

Technical Authority Training Outline

• Technology Roadmap Awareness

  Disruptive technologies

  • Identifying your organization's capabilities for adapting to technology change
  • Recognising sustaining and disruptive technologies in your industry sector and their market impact
  • Identifying potential technology-driven and solution –driven opportunities for disruptive technologies

  Technology forecasting

  • Understanding the maturity of current technology
  • Reviewing published technology forecasts and understanding differing views
  • Understanding the theory of increasing returns for modern technology or knowledge-orientated businesses

  Technology roadmapping

  • Evaluating technology potential for future needs in a forward-driven technology roadmap
  • Identification of reach methods of a given target, set by the marketplace in a backward/market-driven roadmap
  • Identification of the ‘layers’ of an organization’s technology roadmap i.e. know why, what and how

• Design Documentation Skills

  Preparing to succeed

  • Being clear in the purpose of the document and ensuring alignment of scope
  • Assessing audience needs and interests and the context in which they will interpret meaning
  • How to select the medium most appropriate to the audience and purpose of your communication

  Organising to impress

  • Using the most appropriate method of development to structure ideas and keep information under control
  • Creating integrated visuals that are clear and consistent to advance the intended purpose
  • Applying the three major principles of technical document design: grouping, contrast and repetition

  Minding Your language

  • Using the active voice appropriately to improve clarity
  • Checking for unity and coherence in your writing, to achieve comprehensibility and conciseness
  • Managing language style and content to avoid affectation