Software Specification and Documentation in Continuous Software Development
Uwe van Heesch, Theo Theunissen, Olaf Zimmermann, Uwe Zdun · 2017
We have been observing an ongoing trend in the software engineering domain towards development practices that rely heavily on verbal communication and small, closely-interacting teams. Among others, approaches like Scrum, Lean Software Development, and DevOps fall under this category. We refer to such development practices as Continuous Software Development (ConSD). Some core principles of ConSD are working in short iterations with frequent delivery, striving for an optimal balance between effectiveness and efficiency, and amplify learning in the development team. In such a context, many traditional patterns of software specification, documentation and knowledge preservation are not applicable anymore.