Document the right things
"Be selective about what you document and what you don't."
"Documenting everything leads to noise that is a burden to maintain over time"
Whether something is worth documenting or not (why something is worth documenting):
- What common questions do you spend a lot of your time answering (in active context)?
- What information is poorly understood by your team?
- What information is neccessary for people to make informed decisions?
"Documentation isn't free; you bear a one-time cost for writing it and a recurring cosst for maintaining it forever."
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Good documentation is essential to teams' productivity. It's hard to write documentation that is relevant, accessible and ages well over time. Everything changes time by time. Maintaince of documentation is essential to keep it fresh.
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