SOPs

[readherring]

Now that I'm going to some managerial-level meetings, I hear managers complain about how employees don't read the instructions to do things

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[mujetdebois]

I have previously had the fun of translating said SOPs, as well as keeping them up to date in the Hell that is known as Sharepoint.

[readherring]

Oh, crapcakes.

That is my future. Based on a skanky website I've built using MS Word by saving documents as html, I'm being tapped to make a larger website. With Sharepoint. Which I've never used, but they've assured me is as pleasent as a gentile kiss from a cloud made of chocolate.

So, Sharepoint sucks, eh? Are there any particulars I should look out for, or will it be just a general grinding wearing me down to a nub?

[mujetdebois]

You can't store a database in a database. Come up with easy and consistent naming conventions. Take advantage of metadata keywords and don't bury everything in folders. If you have people that are enamored with having to store things in folders it will be a losing battle to maintain