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Modeling and documentation: a defense before a jury of developers
Subject:Modeling and documentation: a defense before a jury of developers From:aoslick -at- hteinc -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 2 May 2002 09:09:59 -0600
Posters have at times referred to developers? being skeptical of the
usefulness of tech writers/documentation specialists. (Responses have
tended to outline ways for us to demonstrate our usefulness.) Scott
Ambler, a contributor in the May edition of Software Development, refers
to skeptics? views:
?Within IT organizations, modeling and documentation are often associated
with dysfunctional practices that provide little value beyond employing
those people who perform them.?
But he goes on to say that,
?In reality, modeling and documentation are vital to software development,
even in agile software processes such as Scrum, Dynamic System Development
Method and yes, Extreme Programming.?
I recommend the article as an item targeted to those developers who read
sometimes when they aren't coding, although the author seems to be
developing a point only to close without reaching closure ? he addresses
the importance of modeling but can?t close in on documentation. See:
Regards, Alan
aoslick -at- hteinc -dot- com - Vienna, Va.
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