Documentation and checklists: How to sell as a product
Documentation and checklists: How to sell as a product
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Has anyone ever flirted with selling documents on-line? What are the necessary steps to take, both to offer the product but also protect the product?
I'm thinking of spending some time to produce checklists, documents, etc. for other engineers/firms. There is a lot of focus right now around getting documentation in order for all projects and to legitimize the firm for the regulator. I've also heard from some colleagues regarding their difficulties with maintaining (or following) their own (or their company's) QA processes, if they even exist.
It's a low-impact investment for me, based on my existing works. But I'm wondering if it is more complicated than simply binding the package, getting a copyright, having a website, and distributing it after accepting payment.
I'm thinking of spending some time to produce checklists, documents, etc. for other engineers/firms. There is a lot of focus right now around getting documentation in order for all projects and to legitimize the firm for the regulator. I've also heard from some colleagues regarding their difficulties with maintaining (or following) their own (or their company's) QA processes, if they even exist.
It's a low-impact investment for me, based on my existing works. But I'm wondering if it is more complicated than simply binding the package, getting a copyright, having a website, and distributing it after accepting payment.
RE: Documentation and checklists: How to sell as a product
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RE: Documentation and checklists: How to sell as a product
RE: Documentation and checklists: How to sell as a product
TTFN (ta ta for now)
I can do absolutely anything. I'm an expert! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKorP55Aqvg
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RE: Documentation and checklists: How to sell as a product
I don't know how many copies of that are posted on this site
Cheers
Greg Locock
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RE: Documentation and checklists: How to sell as a product
Although I understand your line of question as a means to caution whether to put effort into a project, it doesn't really address my original question which has to deal with the publishing aspects of digital documents. I'm more interested in exploring the copyright facets of the question, and the locking/protecting of the document in question...I guess this could even carry over to something like a design tool or spreadsheet, and understanding if there is really an effective method to do this.
RE: Documentation and checklists: How to sell as a product
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-Dik
RE: Documentation and checklists: How to sell as a product
There's something similar for Word
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/restric...
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RE: Documentation and checklists: How to sell as a product
I haven't found any usable existing products that allows 2 (or more) signatures and checkboxes for peer review (national requirement), all existing apps and sites seems to be for groceries.
A few that could work, lacks functionality or are too expensive (~50 usd/user/month..).
We ended up creating our own in excel, but a database based system with customizable checklists could sell if prized correctly (in a fairly small market..)
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RE: Documentation and checklists: How to sell as a product
RE: Documentation and checklists: How to sell as a product
Anything you consider to be IP should be marked with proprietary stampings, etc.
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RE: Documentation and checklists: How to sell as a product
JME but the main issue with companies not following modern standard process is a lackadaisical culture. Most seem to resolve that by hiring a consultant to teach a few days worth of either agile or lean philosophy to establish the reset/inflection point and set expectations going forward.
RE: Documentation and checklists: How to sell as a product
I've had one occasion where a PM was actually fired from a program for refusing to follow company procedure, but that was at our customer's level and not us.
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RE: Documentation and checklists: How to sell as a product
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