Title :
How Writers Can Thrive in Agile
Author_Institution :
salesforce.com, Inc., San Francisco, CA, USA
Abstract :
This presentation shows how the Documentation and User Assistance team at salesforce.com uses several strategies and best practices to help its technical writers work effectively and thrive in an Agile development environment. Combined, these strategies and practices have helped the writers at salesforce.com move past a number of frustrations typically experienced by writers working in Agile environments at other software companies.
Keywords :
software prototyping; agile development environment; software companies; technical writers; user assistance team; Best practices; Documentation; Product development; Software; Switches; Agile; best practices; implementation strategies; technical documentation; technical writers; writing;
Conference_Titel :
Agile Conference (AGILE), 2013
Conference_Location :
Nashville, TN
DOI :
10.1109/AGILE.2013.19