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Re: The Technical Writer vs. Agile Development Methodologies
Subject:Re: The Technical Writer vs. Agile Development Methodologies From:John Posada <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:Tracy Taylor <ipsque -at- yahoo -dot- com>, techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com, bonnie -dot- turner -at- oracle -dot- com Date:Tue, 31 Jan 2006 13:20:44 -0800 (PST)
> methodologies. The principle is that developers value
> working software over complete documentation, meaning
> functional and technical requirements - they'd rather
> have software that works than spend time writing
> designs. The main complaint about this for writers is
> that they have to spend more time than usual in
> meetings and absorbing information from conversations
> developers have around them to get the information
> they need.
According to this definition, every gig I've been at in the last 15
years has practiced Agile Development.
John Posada
Senior Technical Writer
"So long and thanks for all the fish."
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