Ask most software professionals what Agile is and they’ll probably start talking about flexibility and delivering what the customer wants. Some may even mention the word “iterations”. But inevitably, they’ll say at some point that it means less or even no documentation. After all, doesn’t creating, updating, and circulating painstakingly comprehensive documentation that everyone and their mother have officially signed off on go against the very core of Agile? Of course it does! But really, they’re missing the point!
