The Documentation in the Project of Software Creation

Abstract

The presented work describes the documentation process in software development projects, which are based on various methodologies. The classic waterfall model of the software development process, Rational Unified Process and eXtreme Programming were chosen as examples of methodologies. The RUP and XP methodologies are the main examples of two different groups of methodologies—agile and traditional. Although these methodologies represent completely different approaches to the design of the system and the process of its documentation, both have gained great popularity and are currently used in many software companies. The aim of the work is to provide the reader with various documentation processes, compare their essential content and demonstrate their impact on the success of the project. Due to the advantages and disadvantages of the presented documentation processes, the final result of the work is the creation of a universal form of the documentation process in software development projects.