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Documentation in Agile: Challenges and Trends in 2023

DevOps.com

Agile documentation refers to the creation and maintenance of documentation in an agile software development process. It emphasizes “just enough” documentation that is necessary for the current iteration, preferring documentation that responds to specific needs over extensive upfront documentation.

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5 signs your agile practices will lead to digital disaster

CIO

Many IT teams use agile methodologies to iteratively deliver feature-rich releases, improve capabilities, address technical debt, and experiment with emerging technologies. I recently moderated Adaptavist’s “Agile Back to Basics” roundtable, which included three authors of the Agile Manifesto.

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Agile project management: Principles, benefits, tools, tips, and when to make the switch

CIO

Agile project management definition Agile project management is a methodology used primarily in software development that favors flexibility and collaboration, incorporating customer feedback throughout the project life cycle.

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C4 PlantUML: Effortless Software Documentation

Apiumhub

Introduction Documentation plays a crucial role in any project, serving as a compass for development teams, and as a good way for the new joiners to know how the project is done. As the software development landscape continues to evolve, having a tool that adapts with agility becomes paramount.

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Agile Myth: “Agile Means No Planning and No Documentation”

SCRUMstudy

It is widely known in the software development industry that Agile values “working software” over “extensive documentation.” This leads to the common misconception that Agile does not believe in documentation. However, Agile does not condone little or no documentationAgile encourages the “right” documentation.

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20.5 Years of XP and Agile

Henrik Warne

In the October issue of IEEE Computer magazine, there was an article by Kent Beck called “Embracing change with extreme programming” In it, he outlined Extreme Programming (XP), which includes much of what we now refer to as agile development. Today, it seems to me that agile won. Conclusion.

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Increasing the Agility of Agile with Business Analysts

Mentormate

Let’s address the elephant in the room: business analysts are often perceived as rigid creatures, bound by rules, diagrams, and meticulous documentation. But here’s the secret sauce: business analysts are also the drivers of change, the catalysts that push teams to achieve unprecedented levels of agility.

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