Documentation manager Alistair Christie wrangles documentation for Memex Technology Ltd (Edinburgh, UK). He also produces an informative podcast series, ITauthor available from iTunes. Check out his recent show, Documentation and Agile Software Development (an interview with Graham Campbell). If you’re interested in learning more about Agile software development methodology, Alistair recommends you read Scott Ambler’s articles on the subject.
By Eric Kuhnen, Focal Partners, special to The Content Wrangler Mike Wethington, Certified Scrum Practioner, runs the Agile Development and Technical Communications forum inside The Content Wrangler Community. One poster in that group recently expressed the following regret: “I think the Agile, iterative approach is great, but I miss the up-front, fleshed-out spec that gave me the full picture early in the project.” The quoted poster (above) hints at a truism: documentation managers cannot guide their teams effectively when product management is in anarchy. When documentation managers have a complete Read the full article…
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