Minimalism - Can you have too much of a good thing?

Technical documentation has a reputation for being large, dense, and cumbersome. Methods and tools for simplifying documentation have been available for some time, but haven't taken off like wildfire. Minimalism advocates a streamlined, action-oriented approach that removes descriptive filler material and gets the user acting quickly. A method developed in my organization claims to produce stream-lined, action-oriented material, but actually takes information to a level that makes minimalism look verbose. This paper compares minimalism to my organization's method and discusses how we can benefit from minimalist ideas.