Introduction

1st March 2018

Purpose

To help new users become familiar with basic knowledge about AMBIT and this online manual.
  • + Getting started is where to start, it offers a series of different routes into the manual, according to what you want to do, and the AMBIT diagram.

About AMBIT:

  • AMBIT: an overview is a brief introduction to the approach, what it is and what it is not, and should be read alongside the..
  • Core Features of AMBIT - this gets to more practical details than the overview, and practitioners will want to refer to this (or the summary AMBIT Wheel) regularly, as a reminder.
  • Phases of AMBIT work offers some idea of the kind of timeline that a case might follow.
  • Glossary - does what it says
  • Index - lists out all the tiddlers/pages in the manual

About the manual:

  • Using the Manual - explains how to interact with the manual, to get the best out of it, and has links to technical help.
  • Security and authorization - addresses the licensing arrangements that allow for the free sharing of the content of this manual, and the important security considerations if you are using downloaded versions of this manual as 'workbooks' in which to record details and progress of a specific case.
  • Sponsors acknowledges the people and organisations that we have been helped by.
  • Authors acknowledges the authors of the core content of the manual (NOTE, local teams can (and should) add their own material to their versions.)
  • Videos lists the various topics that include streaming video clips - these will continue to be added to.
  • Feedback please! - asks for feedback, without which this manual cannot improve. Please spare some time to do this.