NDLI: A tale of two writing teams

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Heimgartner, S. Locke, M.
Copyright Year	2006
Description	Author affiliation: Rally Software Dev. Corp., Boulder, CO (Heimgartner, S.)
Abstract	Our report compares and contrasts the agile experiences of technical writers from two companies. In both cases, the writers had to integrate themselves into medium-sized agile development projects. However, the writing teams differed in their approaches during the necessary transition and integration to the agile methodology. Writers assigned to these agile projects found themselves adapting to new team dynamics in ways that were quite agile, including creative time-slicing, scaling across multiple teams, and finding ways to save time while focusing on business value. We also found that, even though writers can be uncomfortable while adapting the documentation process to conform to agile practices, they can rise to the challenges and assist their product teams in becoming more proficient and efficient in an agile world. For writers to become truly agile, their management must invest in the tools, technologies, and personnel to enable their writers-and overall project team-to succeed
Sponsorship	Rally Software Valtech Object Mentor, Inc. IBM Microsoft Net Objectives Digital Focus Version One Aito Mountain Goat Software Pyxis Software Development Better Software IEEE Software
Starting Page	10
Ending Page	304
File Size	148664
Page Count	295
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0769525628
DOI	10.1109/AGILE.2006.4
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2006-07-23
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Writing Project management Companies Programming Documentation Technology management Personnel Software development management Iterative methods Software testing
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

Sl.	Authority	Responsibilities	Communication Details
1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
5	Website/Portal (Helpdesk)	Queries regarding NDLI and its services	support@ndl.gov.in
6	Contents and Copyright Issues	Queries related to content curation and copyright issues	content@ndl.gov.in
7	National Digital Library of India Club (NDLI Club)	Queries related to NDLI Club formation, support, user awareness program, seminar/symposium, collaboration, social media, promotion, and outreach	clubsupport@ndl.gov.in
8	Digital Preservation Centre (DPC)	Assistance with digitizing and archiving copyright-free printed books	dpc@ndl.gov.in
9	IDR Setup or Support	Queries related to establishment and support of Institutional Digital Repository (IDR) and IDR workshops	idr@ndl.gov.in

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