Agile Development and ePublisher: Producing documentation at the speed of development

Producing standardized product or team documentation while keeping up with the speed of development is essential to today’s agile development team. Keeping documentation in word, text documents or e-mails stored in multiple locations is inefficient and can lead to bottlenecks and even costly mistakes. Leading agile development teams have adopted Wiki platforms as a solution for highly manageable and efficient documentation management.

ePublisher can assist agile development teams achieve key business objectives such as:

• Allowing team members to contribute to documentation efficiently with a standardized method and within an approved environment.
• Producing documentation that allows users of product documentation to access the information they need quickly.
• Helping new team members get up to speed and contributing to a project more quickly with comprehensive new hire documentation.
• Reducing the need for documentation stored outside of the approved documentation architecture.

ePublisher enables agile development teams to:

• Automatically convert and publish documentation from one format (i.e. Microsoft Word) to a more comprehensive documentation management system such as Confluence, MoinMoin and Media Wiki, an online Help format or an HTML page.
• Utilize a design function that allows and administrator or designer to choose the look, feel and behavior of the final content.

If you would like to learn more about an ePublisher documentation management solution for your team or organization, complete the contact us form to the right or email sales@webworks.com to speak with an expert. >>