Re: Scrum

["Rick Sapir" <rick -dot- sapir -at- oracle -dot- com>]

I've written docs & online help for projects that used Srum. IMHO, it isn't much different than any other agile development or rapid prototyping methodology. Your biggest concern may be deciding to how to shoe-horn your usability concerns (user-centered design) into this developer-centered process. The primary problem I had was that Scrum focusses on speed -- usabilty takes time. There was an excellent article on UX Matters last month (http://www.uxmatters.com/MT/archives/000153.php) that details the two methods.

HTH,

-R



"John Posada" <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com> wrote in message news:<mailman -dot- 1628 -dot- 1168438960 -dot- 22513 -dot- techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>...
> Hi, guys...one of the products for which I'm handling the
> documentation is attempting the use of the Scrum development process
> for this release.
> 
> From those who have written within this methodology, I'd like to hear
> what tips and techniques you can pass along that will make my
> participation more productive.
> 
> Note: Neither their doing this nor my participation in this process
> are not optional, so hearing personal opinions on why you don't think
> it will work or why you don't like it will only earn you a delete
> key. However, I am interested in any "watch out fors" you can pass along.
> 
> John Posada
> Senior Technical Writer
> 
> "I think the problem, to be quite honest with you, is that you've never actually known what the question is."
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