Documentation
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What Is Documentation?
Record information, decisions, procedures, evidence, or history in a form that allows another person to understand or retrieve it later.
Why Does Documentation Matter?
Documentation matters because undocumented knowledge is difficult to transfer, audit, repeat, or recover when the original person is unavailable.
What Does It Look Like?
Someone applying documentation may:
- •records decisions while their context is still clear
- •captures enough detail for another person to understand the record
- •uses consistent naming, dates, versions, or references
- •updates the record when a process or decision changes
How to Develop Documentation
You can develop it by:
- •document one recurring task as if a new colleague had to perform it without you
- •create a naming and version rule for a small project
- •ask someone else to use your documentation and note what they could not infer
Where Can Documentation Be Useful?
Documentation can be useful in areas such as:
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