3. Context Related Constraints

Time (5): a product changes up to the day its documentation must be printed;

Release cycle (5b): two new versions of main product a year;

Versatility (6): some supposedly frozen product features can suddenly be modified;

Reduced core documentation team (3 people) on different continents (7);

A lot of contributors for different tasks (proofreading, translation, etc.) scattered all over the globe (7b);

Use of Open-Source tools (8): as far as possible;

Content reusability (9): Other people, either in the company or outside of it, must be able to reuse some of the material in other documents, not necessarily with the same system. Likewise one must be able to easily import content available in an open format.

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