• DocumentCode
    3235595
  • Title

    How Writers Can Thrive in Agile

  • Author

    Austin, Gavin

  • Author_Institution
    salesforce.com, Inc., San Francisco, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    5-9 Aug. 2013
  • Firstpage
    137
  • Lastpage
    141
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Agile Conference (AGILE), 2013
  • Conference_Location
    Nashville, TN
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/AGILE.2013.19
  • Filename
    6612889