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1. Value of Documentation

earlier finished, higher-value, more successful projects delivered at less cost and better working conditions

Actually, appropriate documentation pays off itself multiple times — however, it is usually conceived as too expensive, superfluous.

Appropriate documentation

TODO: reduce to non-project management items only

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bethaitman / check-for-british-spellings.md
Last active October 22, 2018 12:48
British spellings to watch out for when writing American English

British spellings to watch out for when writing American English

Word patterns to search for

Not all of these will need to be changed (eg "compromise" is fine in American English) but might be helpful to search for.

  • *ise
  • *isation
  • *isable
  • *lling
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bethaitman / ua_europe_links.md
Last active June 9, 2017 11:00
Helpful links for UA Europe talk
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bethaitman / waystoshortenwriting.md
Last active October 11, 2017 13:59
Ways to make sentences shorter

Instruct, eg:

"You can do this by" -> "Do this by"

"This can be done by" -> "Do this by"

"You will need to do this" -> "Do this"

"There is a thing that can be used to do another thing" -> "Use this thing to do the other thing"

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bethaitman / npoweremail.md
Created February 29, 2016 15:50
Npower email

We couldn’t collect your Direct Debit amount of £xx.xx

Your account number: ****

Code: ****

Dear Miss Aitman

Your bank has been in touch to let us know that your account has been transferred to a different bank or branch. Unfortunately we’ve been unable to collect your regular payment.

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bethaitman / change.css
Last active January 4, 2016 03:19
Converting shillings to pence first.
/* Space out content a bit */
body {
padding-top: 20px;
padding-bottom: 20px;
}
/* Everything but the jumbotron gets side spacing for mobile first views */
.header,
.content
.footer {