How much is just enough? Some documentation patterns on Agile projects

Rashina Hoda, James Noble, Stuart Marshall

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Abstract

Agile methods advocate "just enough" documentation on Agile projects. Unfortunately, there are no clear guidelines on what is "just enough" documentation. We describe a set of patterns to help Agile software development teams define "just enough" in their own contexts. Teams can also employ these documentation patterns as strategies to overcome common challenges of adopting Agile methods.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationEuroPLoP 2010 - 15th European Conference on Pattern Languages of Programs, Proceedings
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Number of pages13
ISBN (Print)9781450302593
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011
Externally publishedYes
Event15th European Conference on Pattern Languages of Programs, EuroPLoP 2010 - Irsee, Germany
Duration: 7 Jul 201011 Jul 2010

Conference

Conference15th European Conference on Pattern Languages of Programs, EuroPLoP 2010
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityIrsee
Period7/07/1011/07/10

Keywords

  • Agile software development
  • documentation
  • self-organizing teams

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