Creating Technical Documents and Linking Features

After they identify release features, Technical Publications can begin revising existing documentation or developing new documents to describe new product functionality.

Technical Publications can track documentation development in Release Manager. The document available as an attachment to the record. Technical Publications links the document with associated features. Product marketers who are associated with the development of the document are linked to the record, and they can record their approvals. For each document, Technical Publications logs the portion completed and the target completion date so that they can address potential issues before they are critical.

To create a technical document

1. Navigate to the Release screen, then the Technical Documents view.

2. Create a new technical document record, and complete the fields as appropriate.

   Some fields are described in the following table.

   Field	Comments
   Target Date	Select the expected date of the document completion.
   Complete %	Type the percentage of the document that is completed to date.
   Release	Select the name or number of the product release associated with the document.
   Est Pages	Type the estimated number of pages for the completed document.
   New %	Type the percentage of the document that is new in this version of the document.
   Associated Parties	Select the individuals associated with development of the document. Set the author as Primary.