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Documentation is not often cited as a method of delivering value in and of itself. I disagree. While documentation is normally reserved for the process control, its effective use can materially improve the speed with which any given deployment delivers value into the business. From a longer-term perspective it can also reduce costs because audit trails of activity and reasoning are clear for management.

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McGill, R. (2008). Documentation. In: Technology Management in Financial Services. Palgrave Macmillan Finance and Capital Markets Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230582361_14

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