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System Analysis & Technical Writing – Making It Clear
My name is Kate Stout and I have over twenty years of experience as a systems analyst and writer of technical documents. For me, it’s all about Making It Clear – providing your organization with the information that it needs to make good decisions, delight your customers, and be productive.
I started consulting in 2003. I have worked with many well-known companies, such as Fidelity Investments, Sun Microsystems, and Amazon.com, as well as with startups and smaller companies.
I deliver solid, clear and concise analysis and documents for users, technical staff and management. I can:
- Document existing systems
- Gather requirements
- Write specifications that meet your business needs
- Create design documents for implementation by your team or supplier
- Document the new system for users, support teams, software and hardware engineers
I’ve also been a software engineer, so I understand coding.
One size does not fit all
Each organization has different needs, and I tailor my approach to your needs. I can identify tools that make it easy to follow a process or maintain documentation. Let me know what your needs are, and how I can help your team to be more productive.
Recent Projects
- Manuals, templates and worksheets documenting Fidelity Investment’s process for creating a new trading office internationally.
- Architecture documents describing software and hardware of a 3-tier system that also integrated many third-party systems. Audience was support teams and technical management.
- Javadoc for a supply-chain vendor’s integration APIs
