Last week was pretty chill at work; everyone was wrapping up their tasks so they can start their time off for the holidays. You can tell nobody wants to start something new as they try to clear their plate. I do the same.

I find it’s a good opportunity to clean up systems and reflect on what’s working and what’s not.

I’ve been making heavy use of Azure DevOps lately. Not only for managing our project tasks, but also utilizing the Wiki for documentation, and even dabbling in Pipelines for some automated deployments. I’ve been cleaning up our projects in Azure DevOps and creating new processes to streamline our work.

It can be a challenge to find time to create and maintain documentation for work like mine (consulting work dealing with dozens of projects a year across several clients). Things tend to get forgotten or lost over time. I find a simple Wiki for each client is a great way to point the way, by containing documentation about how the solutions work, how to maintain them, and linking to any external documentation and resources.