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What makes a doc plan Agile?

{ Posted on Aug 04 2007 by annegentle }

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 »

Writing End-User Documentation in an Agile Development Environment

{ Posted on Jul 02 2007 by annegentle }

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Tags : agile, Agile Manifesto, Anne Gentle, best practices, CIDM, communication, DITA, documentation, Information Mapping, JoAnn Hackos, minimalism, Nurnberg Funnel, programming, project planning, scrum, software, Tana Berry, technical writing, techpubs
Categories : agile

This article was original published in the June 2007 issue of the CIDM Best Practices Newsletter. It is re-published in its entirety with the permission of the Center for Information Development Management. In this article, we examine an increasingly popular development ...Read More »