Comments on: Just enough http://www.onemanwrites.co.uk/2008/09/10/just-enough/ musings on technical communications Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:40:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: UA Conference Notes - Day 1 | one man writes http://www.onemanwrites.co.uk/2008/09/10/just-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-6111 UA Conference Notes - Day 1 | one man writes Sun, 21 Sep 2008 16:08:42 +0000 http://www.onemanwrites.co.uk/?p=190#comment-6111 [...] then he hit on something that I’ve previously mentioned here (although Joe nailed it much better than I did), namely allocating writing resource to the highest [...] [...] then he hit on something that I’ve previously mentioned here (although Joe nailed it much better than I did), namely allocating writing resource to the highest [...]

]]> By: Kai http://www.onemanwrites.co.uk/2008/09/10/just-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-5934 Kai Thu, 11 Sep 2008 09:20:07 +0000 http://www.onemanwrites.co.uk/?p=190#comment-5934 Gordon, I think learning from our own mistakes is one of the most effective, if painful learning experiences! So thanks for sharing and reminding me of it. I'm a bit uneasy with the question of how much documentation is "enough" or "just enough". It feeds too much into the "more faster" frenzy. Maybe a better phrase would be "good enough"? Within time and project constraints, I'd rather go for quality than quantity any day... Incidentally, there was a related discussion over at Tom Johnson's blog: "How Much Should You Document? Everything? Strategies for an Agile Environment" (http://www.idratherbewriting.com/2008/09/09/how-much-should-you-document-strategies-for-an-agile-environment/). Gordon, I think learning from our own mistakes is one of the most effective, if painful learning experiences! So thanks for sharing and reminding me of it.

I’m a bit uneasy with the question of how much documentation is “enough” or “just enough”. It feeds too much into the “more faster” frenzy. Maybe a better phrase would be “good enough”? Within time and project constraints, I’d rather go for quality than quantity any day…

Incidentally, there was a related discussion over at Tom Johnson’s blog: “How Much Should You Document? Everything? Strategies for an Agile Environment” (http://www.idratherbewriting.com/2008/09/09/how-much-should-you-document-strategies-for-an-agile-environment/).

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