Modularization is a well known buzz word in technical documentation. Like reuse, it should kick your content process into high efficiency mode, right? But there is more than one modularization strategy described in the various papers books available.  Also of course, the cost of managing modules information should provide a return on investment. So, if you want to be confident in your endeavour you should not only know those theories but investigate your motivation and potential benefits.

This presentation outlines the steps taken by Qimonda's documentation team in its project to move from books to chunks presented by specification manager Gunnar Krause. One important step in this project was the assessment of all major modularization strategies currently published. The team started with reuse in mind but discovered a wide range of potential benefits large or small during the evaluation of existing documents and processes. All this led to a systematic overview that eases the strategy selection process in any content project. You will get to know how Qimonda then decided on a blend of strategies to achieve modularized information fitting to its situation, and benefit from the experience gained in subsequent system migration and maintenance.