We recently carried out a Document Control audit for a client we hadn’t worked with in a few years.   What stood out wasn’t chaos. It was stagnation.   The processes and procedures were exactly as we’d left them.   On the surface, that might sound positive.   But in reality, it’s a risk. Projects change. Teams change. Software evolves. Standards move on.   If your procedures don’t move with them, they slowly become disconnected from how the project is operating.   And that’s when you start...

We’ve implemented a lot of project software over the years.   Different platforms. Different teams. Different project types.   The system changes.   The fundamentals don’t.   If we had to narrow it down to three things that make implementation successful, it would be this: Processes backed up by procedures. Not just “this is how we think it works.” Clear, written, agreed procedures that people can refer back to. If it’s not documented, it won’t be consistent.   Training — and then retraining....

Throwback to the CyrusOne Data Centre in Frankfurt.   Five floors. High-spec technical space. Right in Sossenheim — Frankfurt’s “Digital City”.   We partnered with CTS as Main Contractor and managed the document control on Autodesk. Looking back, the most important work happened at the very start.   Before the drawings started flying. Before the inbox filled up. Before the pressure kicked in.   We took the time to agree the basics: • A clear folder structure • Naming that actually made sense...