Managing Yourself

9 DO DOCUMENTATION

Documentation is one of the onerous jobs of a project manager: compiling initiation documents, plans, product descriptions, roles and responsibilities, and the other countless pieces of paperwork (or electronic templates and documents) that form part of your project dossier. However, documentation is essential as it helps turn the nebulous ideas of your project sponsor into a fully fledged, well-understood, tangible project.

Kat Holt, Head of Marketing at the Huntercombe Group, a leading independent provider of health and social care in the UK, realised that her project teams needed a better way to manage their documentation. ...