Documentation, Design and Driving Initiatives

Our next Meetup is at Zoomcar and we are excited to present:

Agenda:

9.30 am to 10.00 am : Registration

10.00 am to 10.15 am : Documentation - a designers perspective by Karthi Subbaraman
Zoom URL - https://us04web.zoom.us/j/106963958

10.15 am to 10.50 am : Large-scale REST API Doc Solution by Sejal Parikh
Zoom URL - https://us04web.zoom.us/j/747472275

10.50 am to 11.10 am : Coffee Break

11.15 am to 11.45 pm : Facilitating better collaboration with design documentation by Arpit Nik
Zoom URL: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/444097122

11.45 am to 12.00: Break out and professional networking

Venue Details:

7th Floor, Tower-B, Diamond District, 150, HAL Old Airport Rd, Kodihalli, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560008

Notes:

Please RSVP for the event and carry an ID card that has your full name for security check.

About the talks:

1. Documentation - a designers perspective
   This lightning talk is about the way documentation is changing and the tools we are using today.

2. Large-scale REST API Doc Solution
   How can writers drive developer documentation initiatives at a large company? At Salesforce, they have 23 REST APIs that span 26+ teams and 150+ writers. API doc is published in 10 different dev doc environments. Their customers, developers, and writers are demanding a modern and unified solution for our REST API docs.

At a company as large as Salesforce, it’s challenging to align on a strategy and make traction at scale. In June 2018, a group of developer-focused writers teamed up to tackle this problem using the OpenAPI standard. With no official funding or allocation for this project, but with the generous support of their managers, they’ve developed a REST API doc solution across multiple teams. They have earned the trust of executives and engineering teams across Salesforce along the way.

In this session, Sejal shares the story of how they got there, with the hope of empowering other writers to tackle projects that feel impossible right now.

3. Facilitating better collaboration with design documentation
   The design documentation provides written documentation of the design factors and the choices the architect has made in the design to satisfy the business and technical requirements.

The design documentation also aids in the implementation of the design. In many cases where the design architect is not responsible for the implementation, the design documents ensure the successful implementation of the design by the implementation engineer.

Learn more about how design document ensures collaboration at zoomcar.

About the speakers:

1. Karthi Subbaraman is a Chief Product Officer in Xperian, an ecosystem for creative problem solvers. A technologist turned into a multidisciplinary product designer and design educator focused on human cognition and behaviors. Her work focuses on designing meaningful systems with an emphasis on experience design.

2. Sejal Parikh carries 14 years of experience as a telecom engineer, software tester, and technical writer. She has been with Salesforce for a year and is currently working as a product owner for developer-centric content, with a focus on automating the documentation processes for writers.

3. Arpit Nik is a self taught experience designer currently solving problems in the mobility sector with Zoomcar. He is working on enhancing and optimising the on-ground fleet experience enabling operations to be more efficient and cost effective. Previously, he has worked with the startups like Grabonrent, Sellnews. He's passionate about accessibility, creating opportunities for the next billion users & advocating for diversity.