The Knowledge - Towards a Culture of Engineering Documentation

This course aims to teach learners how to cultivate a culture of engineering documentation within organizations. The learning outcomes include understanding the importance of trustworthy and discoverable documentation, implementing a documentation platform, integrating it into the engineering toolchain, and fostering a culture where documentation is valued as a crucial part of the development process. The course teaches skills such as building a documentation platform and creating a culture that embraces documentation. The teaching method involves presenting real-world challenges faced by Google and discussing strategies to address them. This course is intended for engineers, developers, and anyone involved in the software development process who wants to improve documentation practices within their organization.