Know the Five Steps in a Document Life Cycle
Know the Five Steps in a Document Life Cycle Document management is a part of communication management. It is important for the project manager to recognize the stages that a document must go through from creation to completion. This knowledge allows the project manager to understand the overall status of a document at any given time and helps ensure adequate time is allocated for the completion of the document. For instance, when a team member says they can complete a document in two weeks, are they saying that the document will be ready to circulate in two weeks or that the document will be completed and totally approved in two weeks? Not all documents need to go through all the stages of document creation and approval. However, depending on the document, one or more of the steps will be required. Plan the document Sometimes you can sit down and immediately start writing your document. Other times you need to think, prepare and plan first. This is especially true as your document ge