Efficient Authoring of Software Documentation Using RaPiD7

摘要

This paper presents a method, developed in Nokia, for efficient document authoring in software development projects. The method is called RaPiD7 (Rapid Production of Documentation, 7 steps). The method improves the traditional approach for document authoring in which the work is typically started by informal initiative, and the actual writing of a document is a task performed by a single individual. Traditional document authoring usually relies on inspections to verify the quality of the documentation. RaPiD7 addresses the document authoring problem by getting people involved in the documentation work earlier as a team in order to guarantee quality, calendar time efficiency, commitment and improved communication. This paper also compares RaPiD7 with some other similar approaches and presents results from a large-scale experiment with RdPiD7.