How much documentation should be written?
Remember documentation is just one medium of communication and not the product itself. i.e. it is merely a means to the end and not the end in itself.
That said there is no denying that we will need to produce various documents throughout the project in order to communicate. Make sure that each document that is created goes through the sanity check of
Once you agreed on the need to document, please remember, Microsoft Word is not the only medium of documentation. Evaluate all possible alternatives
Further reading:
http://www.agilemodeling.com/essays/agileDocumentation.htm