When I have worked in the past one of the services I am offering is IT Documentation and Governance an area
which I believe is extremely lacking in today's modern technology world.
Sadly to say I find in most IT projects that IT Documentation gets the least amount of attention and is rarely
updated when the project changes. In most cases whenever you ask a programmer
or systems administrator to document their work they reluctantly produce a document
that has no standard and is rarely proof read/verified.
Yet I regularly see
organisations left vulnerable when documentation is lacking. Usually the staff
member(s) involved in the project have moved on to other projects
both within or externally. This places the business in a vulnerable situation.
Because if there is a need to support and/or provide enhancement it is unlikely someone else can fill this
position with minimal downtime or disruption.
Documentation is the
key communication tool used by management for business continuity. It allows
any key stake holder i.e. staff member, customer, vendor to understand the
system and provides better relations. Also it allows you to scale the
communication from 1:1 to 1:many correspondents.
As more and more
businesses interact with other businesses and the need for key stake holders to
be spread across multiple locations there is a need to formalize the knowledge
transfer. This is where documentation becomes important.
The importance of
using ISO/IEC Standards for documentation becomes paramount for an organization
as it provides best practices and is ideal to act as a reference guide for both
strategies and processes. We understand the importance of having a standardized
documentation thus ensuring that it is compliant to the ISO standards for
maximum return on investment.
I plan to blog further in this area as I see it is an area that is lacking in the IT community.
In the meantime please visit www.microangelo.com.au or email
angelo.laris@microangelo.com.au to discuss your documentation needs.
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