%0 Journal Article %1 Rettig91 %A Rettig, Marc %D 1991 %J Communications of the ACM %K Documentation Software %N 7 %P 19--24 %T Nobody Reads Documentation %V 34 %X Adults resist explicitly addressing themselves to new learning. Rettig shows how to overcome this problem by ``minimalism'' or by taking documentation as part of the software product. ``Try changing your way of thinking - see if you can design a software product that is its own documentation". Rettig recommends a couple of books about documentation writing.

@article{Rettig91, abstract = {Adults resist explicitly addressing themselves to new learning. Rettig shows how to overcome this problem by ``minimalism'' or by taking documentation as part of the software product. ``Try changing your way of thinking - see if you can design a software product that is its own documentation". Rettig recommends a couple of books about documentation writing.}, added-at = {2006-11-14T09:19:23.000+0100}, author = {Rettig, Marc}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/248d8c60ae8e4daf83d929ef814a81b7c/thorob67}, interhash = {66950e46a14f50d949a12366eacf95a7}, intrahash = {48d8c60ae8e4daf83d929ef814a81b7c}, journal = {Communications of the ACM}, keywords = {Documentation Software}, month = {July}, number = 7, pages = {19--24}, timestamp = {2006-11-14T09:19:23.000+0100}, title = {Nobody Reads Documentation}, volume = 34, year = 1991 }