--- title: "Senior Technical Writer at Trilogy" summary: "Managing knowledge bases for numerous products owned by Trilogy." author: "Abdullah Tarawneh" date: "2021-05-16" start: "May 2021" end: "current" at: "Trilogy" position: "Senior Technical Writer / Product Knowledge Curator" tags: ["technical writing", "senior role", "customer support", "product knowledge", "knowledge base", "curator", "curation"] category: "Work" cover: "/images/trilogy.png" --- <main id="trilogy"> <header class="page-header section"> <div class="container"> <img src="/images/trilogy.png" alt="" class="cover-image"> <h1 class="page-title">I managed the knowledge bases for numerous enterprise applications owned by a company and its many subsidiaries.</h1> </div> </header> <hr class="separator"> <section id="responsibilities" class="section"> <div class="container"> <h2 class="title">I had several responsibilities.</h2> <section id="quick-learning"> <h3 class="subtitle">Being a quick learner.</h3> <p class="blurb">Being responsible for several products under the banner of Central Support meant that I had to quickly and rapidly learn new products with limited information.</p> </section> <section id="problem-solving"> <h3 class="subtitle">Analyzing real problems from real customers.</h3> <p class="blurb">I was tasked with reading customer support tickets one by one, in order to document the problems and solutions faced by actual customers.</p> </section> <section id="writing-articles"> <h3 class="subtitle">Writing clear and concise articles.</h3> <p class="blurb">After reading each ticket, I would have to write two different types of articles:</p> </section> <div class="kba-types" id="kba"> <section class="card" id="skb"> <h4 class="card__title">Solution Articles</h4> <p class="card__text">Solution articles are written to deal with a unique problem-solution pair. These articles contain an overview of the problem and its diagnosed symptoms, as well as the documented solution.</p> </section> <section class="card" id="tkb"> <h4 class="card__title">Troubleshooting Articles</h4> <p class="card__text">Troubleshooting articles are based on troubleshooting steps within tickets that have the same symptoms, but multiple different possible solutions. These articles contain a flowchart with various steps.</p> </section> </div> <section id="tnc"> <h3 class="subtitle">Training and certifying support agents.</h3> <p class="blurb">Based on the amassed product knowledge within the articles written throughout the above process, I would create training units within a learning management system, consisting of either a test or a task based on each article/ticket pair.</p> </section> </div> </section> <section class="section"> <div class="container"> </div> </section> </main>