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To make the business case for DITA, you must align its many powerful features with specific needs in your business or organization.
DITA has many features based on decades of research in methods for technical documentation - like modularity, structured writing, information typing, minimalism, inheritance, specialization, simplified XML, single-source, topic-based, ready-made metadata, conditional processing, component publishing, task-orientation, content reuse, multi-channel, and translation-friendly.
What's Your D.Q.?
We have prepared a short ten-question quiz on key DITA points that helps you profile your own DITA alignment with key features. It's called your
DITA Quotient or
D.Q.
Fill out our online form and then compare your D.Q. to
industry averages.
Few organizations are likely to use all the features of DITA, but you should go through our checklist to determine which features could provide a significant return on investment in your particular business case. Use those features with positive returns in building your arguments for DITA. This ROI analysis of DITA features is
for members only.
