DITAworks Cloud – Efficiency in Technical Writing

DITAWORKS CLOUD – EFFICIENCY IN TECHNICAL WRITING

Publish Technical Documentation efficiently

Ready-to-use DITA Component Content Management System

Hosted Solution in Europe and Asia

Domain:
Technology

Team:
4 BE Engineers, 3 FE Engineers, Project Manager, Business Analyst, QA Expert

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DITAworks – The Product

Cloud-based DITAworks solution helps to save tremendous amounts of time and money which are needed to build the CMS infrastructure in-house or to buy an expensive DITA CMS. It counters the problem of procuring budget and personnel used to build a competent and comprehensive solution for structured, reusable technical documentation and to always keep it up to date.

Challenge

Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) is a standard XML-based architecture for representing documents, supporting content modularity, content reuse, and interoperability of DITA documents. On the other hand, DITA brings new challenges of content organization by increased complexity, amount, and granularity. A DITA CMS is a niche application, involving very specific knowhow and relatively high cost for purchasing, implementation and maintenance.

Solution

DITAworks helps authors to master the challenge of managing a DITA based documentation array by providing features like fast creation, link management, managing versions and branches, workflows for review, translation, and publishing.

DITAworks Cloud is ready-to-use: no need to install anything, just access the comprehensive DITA CMS via browser and start writing professional documentation.

Deliverables of *instinctools team:

Consulting on:

adopting DITA XML
developing content strategies
building information models
preparing for migration

Architecture of DITAworks and DITA solutions including 3rd party tools
Full Cycle Development DITAworks and DITA solutions including 3rd party tools
Managed Operations DITAworks Cloud

Product Ownership of DITAworks
DevOps DITAworks Cloud

Customer Benefits:

Fast access to fully featured DITA CMS
No worries about purchasing and installing hardware and software
Frequent updates of DITAworks
Scalable

Operating resources and skills not required on customer’s side
No maintenance on customer’s side
No vendor lock: data can be exported and used with on premises CMS any time

Technologies

Cloud:

Eclipse-Based Development For a British Startup

How using Eclipse IDE with automated syntax validation, solid debugger, and ready-made code templates allowed a conversational AI services provider to speed up their development process by 7% while wiping out the possibility of a human error.

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Challenge

VoxGen has broad experience in designing, developing and deploying novel off-the-shelf, speech-enabled interfaces. Their systems are based on a tried and tested application development framework which is built on their experience base.

The challenges for VoxGen lay in getting development services where the provider can familiarize themselves quickly with Voxgen’s framework, has expertise in Eclipse technology, can deliver high quality project results on time and can work in a self-contained manner as much as possible.

Solution

Instinctools assigned an expert project team within a week. The team included Eclipse and Java developers from our near-shore lab in Poland, a Germany-based project manager, and subject matter experts for application analysis and quality assurance.

The project was delivered over four iterations. After each one, VoxGen had the chance to test the results and adjust their requirements. Instinctools shared weekly status reports covering key achievements, open questions, and risk assessments. Any issues that came up were addressed collaboratively, with the *instinctools team offering clear solution proposals. As a result, VoxGen received a high-quality solution on time and within budget.

Technology

The technical base for the VoxGen project was Eclipse/RCP, Java and VoxGen’s own development framework.

*instinctools used their deep knowledge and vast experience of all major Eclipse components and Java development for this project.

Key features

VoxGen could handle the peak in their development activities by utilizing *instinctools’ resources. They were able to make use of our:

Premium software engineering skills on a short notice

Quick analysis of their existing code base

Creative solution approaches

Professional project management

Reliable delivery

Iterative and agile project methods helped to increase the quality of the developed applications and minimize risk.

Blended project teams including near shore resources and onsite project management offered an optimal balance in cost, responsiveness and liability to VoxGen.

Security Analysis Tool For US Tech Company

How running code refactoring of the Eclipse plugin at the heart of their vulnerability detection tools provided a US software company with an x50 faster code scanner.

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About the Project

An analysis tool we had worked with is a client and server-side software, integrated into such development environments as Eclipse, Visual Studio and IntelliJ IDEA. Developers can be sure of building security from the very start and of detecting vulnerabilities as they appear, hence they can be fixed immediately. This analysis tool is a lightweight static analysis tool that detects vulnerabilities automatically and provides just-in-time security guidance to your developers in the process of coding. With this tool you can eliminate common security errors before they are committed to the code base or released to the public.

Challenge

Implement a plugin from the very beginning until the end with very strict deadlines of product delivery (5 months)
Creating plugins for IntelliJ IDEA was not a piece of cake, as it’s quite a narrow specialization area. It was new for us, but the challenge was handled successfully, meeting all customer objectives
We had to carry out a huge refactoring of the Eclipse plugin code to make the code scanner much faster than it was. And we’ve achieved magnificent improvements: about 50 times faster