I do relate to this article! Somewhere in time I did realise nobody was reading my PRDs and just asked me the questions. Amongst other reasons (sometimes people are just lazy, there is that too...! ) I figured out it was because it was too long!
I guess, according to this article, I was using my PRD as my initiative brief! So based on that it means the IB is basically just for ourselves, right? While the other too are ones destined to actually be shared.
Hi David! Being asked questions on info that is contained in the document can be an indicator that you are indeed suffering from the "Long Document" curse; however, you are right, sometimes people just don't even bother reading.
The initiative brief shouldn't be just for you - all the documentation you write (as long as there's no sensitive info that shouldn't be openly shared, for example) can and should be available to the organization. The difference is how you market it to your colleagues.
You can always link the initiative brief at the end of your PRD, RFC, or exec summary as a "For more detailed information, go here" link!
I do relate to this article! Somewhere in time I did realise nobody was reading my PRDs and just asked me the questions. Amongst other reasons (sometimes people are just lazy, there is that too...! ) I figured out it was because it was too long!
I guess, according to this article, I was using my PRD as my initiative brief! So based on that it means the IB is basically just for ourselves, right? While the other too are ones destined to actually be shared.
Hi David! Being asked questions on info that is contained in the document can be an indicator that you are indeed suffering from the "Long Document" curse; however, you are right, sometimes people just don't even bother reading.
The initiative brief shouldn't be just for you - all the documentation you write (as long as there's no sensitive info that shouldn't be openly shared, for example) can and should be available to the organization. The difference is how you market it to your colleagues.
You can always link the initiative brief at the end of your PRD, RFC, or exec summary as a "For more detailed information, go here" link!
everyone's struggle...
Question:
if you have an enhancement on feature, would you create a new Initiative, PRD and RFC for it? or you would expand the previous ones?