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You absolutely have to get into the scrums, especially as lone writer! Otherwise you won't hear those discussions that lead to doc changes, because the devs and managers don't always realize what changes affect docs. You're always listening for those items. You may not be able to make every scrum for every team (though that's ideal), but sometimes just being in the room reminds everyone that new stuff needs to be documented.
You also need to be involved in design reviews, for the same reasons. Here's where you can impact usability, as well as being ahead of the game in knowing what is supposed to happen when the user clicks X.
Many here can help you make that case, if you need more arguments.
Mike McCallister
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From: techwr-l-bounces+mike -dot- mccallister=pkware -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com [mailto:techwr-l-bounces+mike -dot- mccallister=pkware -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On Behalf Of Lippincott, Richard
Sent: Friday, October 11, 2013 10:56 AM
To: Robert Lauriston; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: [BULK] RE: Agile Environment Opinions Wanted
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Sadly, this hasn't yet been defined. As a matter of fact, it looks like it's going to take some arguing just to get me into scrum meetings.
--Rick
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From: robert -dot- lauriston -at- gmail -dot- com [mailto:robert -dot- lauriston -at- gmail -dot- com] On Behalf Of Robert Lauriston
Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2013 5:18 PM
To: Lippincott, Richard; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: Re: Agile Environment Opinions Wanted
Are you going to be using an agile-oriented tool such as Rally or JIRA?
Are you going to use a defined, formal process such as Scrum for planning sprints?
On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 1:48 PM, Lippincott, Richard <RLippincott -at- as-e -dot- com> wrote:
> we are adopting the agile methodology for product development.
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