What is product documentation?

Product documentation isn’t just a technical requirement. While clear communication of technical product data between departments including engineering, manufacturing, and maintenance is critical to success, customer-facing teams like marketing and sales also need to visually communicate product value and information. The most effective way to visually represent products across all the required visual assets is by using real product data.

But the range of assets required, and the breadth and variety of teams and skills involved in creating and maintaining them, makes for a complicated picture.

Here we’ll look at five of the top-level documentation challenges product-based companies face every day, which can lead to inefficiency, errors and delays, missed opportunities, and even lost revenue.

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