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Document Management and Version Control?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the need-not-be-mutually-exclusive dept.

Tom wonders: "I am working in a medium-sized software development company. The functional analysts use Microsoft Word to document the specifications, and Sharepoint to publish the documents. However we'd like to improve our process to have better revision control and traceability. We have looked at alternatives like using Wikis, or static HTML documents with CVS. The functional analysts want ease of use, while we developers would like to see high-quality end products, revision control (i.e. tagging & branching of the document base), and traceability features. What tools and document formats do you use and would recommend?"

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  1. I'd have to say... by drakaan · · Score: 3, Funny

    Shoot the functional analysts. Once that's done, there won't be any complaining, and you can use CVS. Extreme, but simple.

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    1. Re:I'd have to say... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
      Shoot the functional analysts. Once that's done, there won't be any complaining, and you can use CVS. Extreme, but simple.

      After that, shoot the CVS zealots.

  2. Re:The simple answer by Doc+Ruby · · Score: 2, Funny

    TeX can be very productive as long as people don't waste any of your time talking about pronouncing "Tex" as "techh" (*clears throat*).

    Just like Linux productivity jumped when people stopped wasting any time talking about pronouncing it "lihnuhks" vs "lienuhks".

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