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Emergent Documentation?

Oops - now, which thread did I *really* intend this reply (below) for?
Can't spot it.
deb

--- In scrumdevelopment@yahoogroups.com, "Deb" <deborah@h...> wrote:
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> Recent discussion with a tech-writer friend suggests to me that
> well-designed use of a CMS system for documentation could make
> documentation refactoring less onerous.
> Anyone know more about this?
> deb
>
> --- In scrumdevelopment@yahoogroups.com, corellan@j... wrote:
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> > Hi All,
> >
> > It's been a while since I subscribed to this mailing list and I
> think it's
> > time to introduce myself.
> >
> > My name is Christian Orellana, I have an Engineering Degree in
Computer
> > Science and about 12 years developing software, my first experience
> with the
> > Agile processes was when I used to work in the Motorola Global
> Software Group ....






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Recent discussion with a tech-writer friend suggests to me that well-designed use of a CMS system for documentation could make documentation refactoring less...
Deb
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Jan 11, 2006
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Oops - now, which thread did I *really* intend this reply (below) for? Can't spot it. deb ... Computer...
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Deb, Regardless of the genesis for the comment, I was very intrigued by your subject line. I hit Google and the phrase "emergent documentation" came up pretty...
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Jan 12, 2006
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Deb
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Long time ago I was working on a project development based on EIFFEL (an OO language). If I am not wrong the develop environment (debbuger, compiler and so on...
Vito Mazzotta
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Jan 12, 2006
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I'm waiting to hear back from my tech writer friend. In the meantime, I'll tell you what sparked my post. The way she talked about using a CMS sounded rather...
Deb
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Jan 13, 2006
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Hi Deb, Have you looked at FitNesse? It's the wiki wrapper for the FIT (Framework for Integration) tool invented by Ward Cunningham (he and Rick Mugridge...
Pam Rostal
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Jan 13, 2006
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Pam, Deb, et al I was hoping this thread would go a bit longer. I was also hoping that someone would have some out-of-the-box ideas or experiences with ...
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Jan 18, 2006
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... In many ways, video is a hassle. It's big, it's noisy, you can't really find what you need most of the time. Recording it takes setup, new hardware, etc....
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... Big and noisy seems to be the prevailing opinion of video in general. Everyone seems to have a mental image of a director, a megaphone, a camera crew and...
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I've always wanted to make an audio recording of the decision making process while coding and have the audio available from within the source. I would only use...
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Jan 18, 2006
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Hi Vic. I went trolling for input on other lists and got lucky. I found a tech writer who knows how to use XML-based CMS with Agile! I'll meet her this...
Deb
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I can't see video or audio being useful without transcripts. life is too short to process all that in real time - give me something searchable I can dip into....
Deb
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... Well that is when you call Autonomy, spend 100_000 Euro and buy their software to analyse and transcribe Audio and Video into searchable text. -d...
David H.
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Deb, Dave Deb - I don't think its just you. I have the same reaction - and a lot of people I have spoken with have a similar reaction. Part of that may be...
Vic Uzumeri
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Deb, et al Here's a quickie example. An illustration of ad hoc video commenting. ...
Vic Uzumeri
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Hi Vic, nice to this approach, we use techniques for UAT and defect reporting with our clients, when face2face or direct collaboration <technology based> is...
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Oops, told ya I needed caffeine.. seems I am breaking new ground in agile email, ignore words and grammar as part of minimal documentation rules maybe… Now...
Scott Worley
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Scott, I think you may have found the answer. Just train every dev in stenography <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stenotype>. :-) Vic ... -- Vic Uzumeri, PhD ...
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... Scott, Your point may help to answer Deb's concern. If video clips like the one I posted can be made spontaneously and stored effortlessly (I'm thinking of...
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Hi again, let me explain a little better, coffee is hitting home, We use video because it saves communication time and clarity, and we do not limit the time,...
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Send your inquiry to: tiran@... A large company has launched a new consulting practice to help enterprise clients achieve challenging business...
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Hi folks. This thread went silent weeks ago, but I've not been idle. I did some research and happily discovered an expert in my own hometown! So, while on...
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Hi everyone! Nice to virutally meet you all! Following Deborah's thread, here is a quick overview of the approach we use to documentation, It's all based on...
France Baril
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France, Nice to hear a new voice! Is there a standard way to integrate tools like JavaDoc into DITA-based technical documentation (and not the user...
Steven Gordon
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Hi Steven, Here are my comments/answers to your questions, I hope you find them useful. ... I have not tried integrating javadoc into a dita project yet...
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Hi Steven, Here are my comments/answers to your questions, I hope you find them useful. ... I have not tried integrating javadoc into a dita project yet...
France Baril
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... A nice article to read is http://xml.coverpages.org/dita.html Personally I do not like the XML approach, but that is a very well done article on DITA XML ...
David H.
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Feb 21, 2006
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David, tell us what the XML approach lacks, in your opinion. Nice to find someone else who's been thinking about this. deb...
Deb
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Hi David, What is it that you don't like? The tags, the tools, the process? Had bad past experiences? Call me curious France :-) _____ From:...
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