But it's generally not worth my time to use a tool to create a formal flowchart. A good flowchart can pinpoint parts of lengthy functions that can be broken out into smaller, easier-to-understand pieces. I'm a big fan of flowcharting for helping me understand model relationships (like an informal Entity Relationship Diagram) and complex processes. I take notes when reading docs on topics that are new to me, focusing on new terms or clarifying a process that was hard to make sense of. When I write things down I tend to remember them better. Many meetings aren't super formal and so might not include a follow-up email of what was discussed or decided on because I take my own notes, I can be pretty confident of action items and relevant decisions. Taking notes in meetings helps me identify questions I have and clarify priorities.
These notes aren't shared - I'm not taking minutes. My notebook started out primarily as a place to keep track of personal meeting notes, but over time it has grown to serve several other purposes.
#Notebooks for work how to#
I stole the strategy from my friend and former colleague Rebecca, who attended all of our team meetings with a small notebook that proved invaluable for reminding us all what we'd decided on the week before, or how to solve a particularly weird bug that only came up once a year. Someone asked to learn more about this practice, so here you go! I've kept a work notebook for years.
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