RE: Agile tech writing

[Paul Hanson <phanson -at- Quintrex -dot- com>]

If you are working on the doc at the same time as the developer, when you find things that need to change - typos, unclear error messages, renaming check boxes or other UI elements - my experience is that it's easier to do so while they are still doing the coding or have the coding done to a degree that they are doing their own testing. Once it is "done" in their mind and they've moved on, you may have to refocus their attention on what you are doing. If you have a good relationship with the Developer, they'll learn quite quickly that when they have the screens changed, if they give you a copy of the screens or a doc that explains what they are doing, both of you will be happier.


Paul Hanson
Technical Writer
Quintrex Data Systems Corp.
505 33rd Avenue SW
Cedar Rapids, IA 52404
(319) 363-5508



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From: techwr-l-bounces+phanson=quintrex -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com [mailto:techwr-l-bounces+phanson=quintrex -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On Behalf Of Zuercher, Darrell
Sent: Friday, April 09, 2010 9:24 AM
To: Blount, Patricia A; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: RE: Agile tech writing

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Concerning your delivery schedule, one option might be to delay delivery
of the software by one Sprint, in order to complete the documentation.
Feature 1 is developed in Sprint 1. Feature 2 is developed in Sprint 2,
while Feature 1 is documented, and then released. Feature 3 is developed
in Sprint 3, while Feature 2 is documented, and then released. Just a
thought.

I hope this helps.

--Darrell
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