This week’s Application Developer Management e-newsletter discusses documentation, specifically why it isn’t read very often, who should write it, and what makes for good documentation.
For a closer look at effective documentation, e-newsletter author Scott Withrow suggests visiting Scott W. Ambler’s insightful essay on Agile Documentation:
http://www.agilemodeling.com/essays/agiledocumentation.htm
What do you think is the biggest hurdle in creating documentation, and how does your team overcome it? Do you usually task your developers with creating documentation, or do you bring in technical writers? What do you see as the pros and cons of both situations? Share your documentation horror and success stories with your peers.
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