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How to be an Agile Technical Writer with a cool acronym like XTW

{ Posted on Feb 19 2008 by annegentle }

Tags : agile, Agile Manifesto, agile programming, agile technical writing, extreme programming, technical writing, XP, XTW
Categories : agile

One reason why I like the show Dirty Jobs so much is because Mike Rowe, the host, is so respectful and honest about the work that people do each day. Dirty Jobs offers such a great viewpoint on work that ...Read More »

What makes a doc plan Agile?

{ Posted on Aug 04 2007 by annegentle }

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Tags : agile, agility, doc plan, documentation, documentation plan, extreme programming, programming, scrum
Categories : agile, techpubs

Does working in an Agile development environment change the documentation plan, or user information plan? For many writers, the purpose of a doc plan is to inform the stakeholders what you (or your team) intends to deliver for docs for a ...Read More »

Making the documentation cruft calculation more user-friendly

{ Posted on Aug 01 2007 by annegentle }

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Tags : agile, agility, calculation, cruft, doc plan, documentation, documentation plan, enduser docs, extreme programming, minimalism, programming, scrum
Categories : agile, techpubs, writing

Our tech pubs group enjoyed Scott W. Ambler's "Calculating Documentation Cruft" article in Dr. Dobb's Journal related to Agile methods and documentation. We had some fun in an email thread and I'd like to capture some of our discussion here. Scott ...Read More »