[FM Discuss] doc sprinting with Drupal

[Emma Jane Hogbin]

I think this will be of interest to those on the list:

A different kind of doc sprint
by Addison Berry

This past weekend (March 21-22) several folks from a variety of
backgrounds in the Drupal world got together to hammer on high-level
documentation issues. [We] holed up in a hotel for the weekend, and
worked on defining where Drupal documentation needs to go, the barriers
before us and the work necessary to move past them.

This wasn't a "typical" documentation sprint, in that we didn't rally
around specific handbook or code tasks, and we weren't online in IRC. As
a matter of fact the sprinters' laptops were largely packed away or
neglected all weekend. We had one laptop up, attached to a projector for
capturing notes and organizing. We were very fortunate to be presented
with an opportunity to try a new approach to sprinting (at least as far
as the Drupal community is used to). We had a professional cat herder,
in Cindy, to help us organize, stay on track and achieve our goals in a
much more efficient way than anything I would have coordinated myself.

We started with some basic visions of what we all want, to set the tone:
    * Awesome and maintainable Drupal documentation
    * Become the model for open source project documentation
    * Make Drupal doable
    * Foster documentation participation and collaboration

Continued at... http://rocktreesky.com/different-kind-doc-sprint