[ Draft ]

I issued an engineering outputs report today at ‘draft’ status. It’s always a significant relief to get those out the door.

What doesn’t get enough attention, though, is what happens next.  I’m guilty of it too: sending a report with the words “please review”, and expecting the reviewers know what to look for, how much detail to look at it with, and whether to mark up grammar and cross-referencing errors.  (Because for draft status, I sometimes don’t spend a lot of time getting those last two just right).

Draft reports, issued for review, should also come with clear review expectations.