Technical Documentation · Instructional Design · Knowledge Management

Daniel
Ng

I translate complex systems into practical guidance for enterprise software, RFID terminals, and autonomous vehicles. I own documentation delivery and design learning materials across the product lifecycle, from deployment to post-release support.

Writing
samples

What I've delivered

  • Venti Technologies
  • Grab
  • IBM
  • Delivered operations and maintenance manuals, visual quick-start guides, and multimedia procedures for RFID terminals and autonomous vehicle systems.
  • Owned enterprise software documentation across products and releases, including installation guides, support articles, and extension updates.
  • Designed interactive engineering courses and built automated documentation pipelines.

Selected writing samples

I owned documentation across multiple products, covering deployment, use, and post-release support. These publicly available samples show part of that work.

Structuring complex deployment guidance

I structured and authored installation guidance for IBM Security Access Manager for Enterprise Single Sign-On, separating stand-alone and clustered deployment paths.

What to look for: Deployment choices, prerequisites, and links that guide administrators to their next step.

View installation overview on IBM Docs

Making session-recording concepts actionable

I explained session-recording concepts for IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager through practical examples and step-by-step procedures.

What to look for: Widget explanations and examples, including pausing a recording to exclude confidential information.

View recorder widget guidance on IBM Docs

This sample documents version 2.1.1. IBM displays a retirement notice for this version.

Maintaining complex compatibility information

I helped the team maintain compatibility databases across the products under my documentation ownership. This report is one example.

What to look for: Supported versions, minimum requirements, and restrictions organized by software category.

View compatibility report on IBM

This link opens IBM's live compatibility report.

Structuring support information after release

I designed and authored this release-notes page for IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager, defining its structure and navigation. I also authored readmes and helped write support and extension articles.

What to look for: Dated release updates and navigation connecting fix packs, support articles, downloadable extensions, and documentation corrections.

View supplementary release notes on IBM Support

Publishing extension updates across releases

I published and maintained IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager's AccessProfile Library, uploading release files and documenting version changes and new features.

What to look for: Application descriptions, versioned downloads, and modification dates in a single reference table.

View AccessProfile Library on IBM Support

Editing engineering articles for publication

I helped edit and publish “How we reduced our CI YAML files from 1800 lines to 50 lines,” an engineer-authored article on simplifying GitLab CI pipelines.

Authors: Jia Long Loh, Oscar Cassetti, and Wenbo Wei. My contribution was editorial and publication support.

Read the article on Grab Tech Blog

Professional
highlights

Work delivered in previous roles.

01

Hardware documentation · Autonomous vehicles

Documenting hardware operations and maintenance

Authored quickstart, operations, and maintenance manuals for industrial RFID terminals and autonomous vehicle systems, covering controls, lidar, safety panels, and remote monitoring software.

  • Hardware documentation
  • Smart RFID terminals
  • Autonomous vehicles
  • Video procedures
03

Developer learning · Engineering enablement

Designing learning for engineering teams

Designed and authored interactive courses on release management, SOX, patents, quality, and engineering compliance for hundreds of engineering staff, combining narration, animation, and assessment.

  • Learning design
  • Articulate Rise
  • Easygenerator
  • Multimedia
04

Software documentation · Enterprise software

Owning documentation across products and releases

Owned documentation delivery for two enterprise security products, from installation and configuration to release updates and support. Validated guidance hands-on and with engineering teams.

  • DITA XML
  • Enterprise software
  • Structured authoring
  • Release delivery
05

Training · Knowledge management

Leading training and knowledge management

Led technical training and knowledge management. As Engineering Process Group lead, coordinated process documentation and improvement work for a CMMI Maturity Level 2 initiative.

  • Knowledge management
  • CMMI ML2
  • Process governance
  • ITIL training

Portfolio
demos

Demos and prototypes built for this portfolio, using fictional systems or synthetic data.

01

Documentation tooling · Portfolio demo

Impact Analyzer: which docs does a product change affect?

Pick a parameter change and the demo lists the code, requirements, tests and documentation topics to review, with the connection behind each one. Built on a small knowledge graph of a fictional coffee machine.

  • Change impact analysis
  • Documentation maintenance
  • Python
  • JavaScript
02

Knowledge management · Portfolio demo

Knowledge Atlas: which topics need review first?

Explore a synthetic 5,132-topic knowledge base, see where content has grown, and get a prioritised list of topics to review, ranked by freshness, readership and ownership.

  • Knowledge management
  • Data visualization
  • React
  • TypeScript
Portfolio demo Open live demo

Areas of
experience

01

Product documentation

Hardware and software guidance covering installation, operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting in multiple languages.

02

Documentation automation

Workflows that turn structured data into published documentation using Python, JSON, Git, and CI/CD.

03

Structured authoring

Topic-based content in DITA XML and Markdown, designed for reuse, conditional publishing, and localization.

04

Instructional design

Interactive courses and short learning materials combining scripts, visuals, narration, and assessment.

05

Knowledge and process management

Information structures and processes that help teams find, maintain, and reuse knowledge.

Selected
publications

“Realizing Seamless Translation in the Textile Industry”

How a Malaysian IT solutions provider used multilingual online and print documentation to better support customers and differentiate itself.

Daniel Ng · ClientSide News · August 2008

Let's discuss how my experience fits your role in technical documentation, instructional design, or knowledge management.

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