February is over, here is what happened and where I am going next with my book

February is a slightly shorter month and usually one that is a bit difficult to find time to write for me. This February, however, was not bad, and I got some writing done in the Roles chapter. I also started to write a little in the Documentation chapter, as I am doing a few projects at the moment that focus on documentation.

Focus on documentation in March

As we are now in March, I am going to focus on writing in the Documentation chapter this month. Not only is this close to the work I am doing, but it is also an important chapter for an Atlassian Administrator. Many Atlassian administrators do not know much about documentation, as that is almost a lost art in our Scrum-influenced world. As a result, many do not know the difference between information and instructions.

Even fewer understand information architecture or have even heard terms like System of Record (SoR), System of Work (SoW), or even Standard Operating Procedures (SOP). Understanding management systems, or control and command systems, is almost seen as heresy in many organizations that use dysfunctional Agile. This is a bad thing, and I want to make sure that as an Atlassian Administrator, you at least understand the benefit of such documentation.

I will also dive into Assets a bit and explain how Assets is also documentation, and show some examples of how you can use it for the Atlassian platform.

Introducing Comala Document Management

As I progress, I want to make sure I have the attention of my Muses so they can provide me with the feedback I need. As such, I have added Comala Document Management to my Confluence setup. This is a great way to keep track of changes in the writings, and I can see who has read things and who has not ;)

I will create some videos on Comala Document Management and how this can help if you need to set up Confluence with ISO-9001 and ISO-27001 compliance.

Adding content to Affinity Studio

This month, I also plan to rebuild the content in Affinity Studio as I am moving from Affinity Publisher 2 to the new platform. It will take a few hours to finalize the layout, as there are some things that do not translate over very well. Once the templating and structure are in place, I will start moving over the content in Confluence to the final format. This gives me a better overview of the final product, and I can start mapping out graphics that I need to create.

Other things...

Besides this, I am also looking to rework some things in the Dark Secrets chapter, where I have added some content and now need to align it to something that makes sense from a reading perspective. There are some parts that I need to group, some that I need to elaborate on, and some I might cut from this book and add to my second book...