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Re: Agile programming and tech comm

Subject: Re: Agile programming and tech comm
From: Mark Brownell <gizmotron -at- earthlink -dot- net>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 08:50:42 -0800


On Monday, January 10, 2005, at 07:48 AM, Ronald Sering wrote:

[The agile methodology favors] "Working software over
comprehensive documentation."

Now, this sounds a little alarming, being the lone
writer in charge of documentation. Can anyone
elaborate on this, and maybe share your experiences
working in an agile environment?

Thanks,

Ron Sering

There is a little bit of wisdom among shareware developers that it is better to spend time on adding features that benefit the user rather than coming up with elaborate schemes to prevent a user from hacking a free license by going around the registration process. What I believe this "Working software over comprehensive documentation" is trying to say is that if the software worked better and was more intuitive for the user then less documentation need be required to explain or demonstrate its use. So in this case "more is less."

Mark


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Agile programming and tech comm: From: Ronald Sering

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