Agile Documentation: Productivity Through Smart Automation
Documentation doesn't have to slow down Agile teams. Here's how to make it work with your velocity, not against it.
Documentation vs. Velocity
Every hour spent on documentation is an hour not spent on features. That's the traditional tradeoff, and it's why Agile teams often skip documentation entirely.
But it's a false choice.
The Real Cost of No Docs
No documentation creates hidden costs: repeated explanations, lost context, onboarding struggles, support escalations. These costs accumulate quietly until they explode.
The question isn't 'should we document?' It's 'how do we document without slowing down?'
Smart Automation
Automation changes the equation. Documentation that generates itself has zero velocity cost.
What Can Be Automated
- Release notes (version released trigger)
- Sprint summaries (sprint closed trigger)
- Change logs (continuous updates)
- Stakeholder reports (scheduled generation)
The Setup
Most teams can automate 80% of their documentation needs with 3-5 FastDoc rules. The setup time is under an hour. The ongoing time cost is zero.
Sample Rule Set
- Version released → Release notes → Customer docs space
- Sprint closed → Sprint summary → Internal stakeholder space
- Status Done + 'doc-needed' label → Help article → Knowledge base
Measuring Success
Track two metrics: documentation coverage (what percentage of releases have notes?) and time spent (how many hours on documentation weekly?).
With automation, coverage goes up and time goes down. That's the productivity win.
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