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| The following are the primary benefits of documenting a method: |
| </p> |
| <ul> |
| <li> |
| <em>Streamlines</em> the process, enabling consistency across the organization, both in terms of processes followed |
| and work products produced |
| </li> |
| <li> |
| <em>Reduces the risk and overall cost</em> of process execution, unifying process and governance to promote |
| operational excellence without over simplification |
| </li> |
| <li> |
| <em>Improves the quality</em> of what is produced. |
| </li> |
| </ul> |
| <p> |
| The following are some examples of how method authoring can save you time and money: |
| </p> |
| <ul> |
| <li> |
| Defining your process is essentially establishing the rules of collaboration, which reduces failures, which cost |
| money. In many cases, projects fail because the team members don't understand the rules of collaboration. When you |
| share a common set of rules, everyone works more efficiently because there is a common understanding of who does |
| what. |
| </li> |
| <li> |
| New team members can join and can be productive almost immediately. There is minimal "ramp up" time. |
| </li> |
| <li> |
| When you document standard processes and then reuse those processes across projects, then you truly standardize |
| your way of working, which can save you time (teams don't have to spend time figuring out what to do next) and |
| money (you can standardize on a set of tools that have been optimized to support the process, and buying and |
| maintaining a standard set of tools is cheaper than buying and maintaining a collection of different tools). |
| </li> |
| <li> |
| A standard set of terminology, artifacts, key activities, and so on makes it easy to consistently plan a method |
| development project. |
| </li> |
| </ul> |
| <p> |
| In some cases, having a documented process is a nice-to-have; however, in others, it is a requirement due to regulatory |
| and standards compliance and process certification. In any case, a documented process can go a long way to increasing |
| the efficiency, repeatability and predictability of the process. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| Formally, a method includes both method content&nbsp;and processes. However, it is quite common to refer to "process" |
| in the general sense, where the process is assembled from method content. |
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