S6-Writing Memos

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1 Purpose

The purpose of this document is to formalize the format of Memos in the Team Notebook.

2 Scope

All team members.

3 Standard information

All memos shall contain the following sections or info when appropriate.

3.1 Author

Authors shall list their initials, first name and last initial, or an alias known to other team members before the text of the document.

3.2 To Do section

Where a the memo is intended to document a task that needs to be completed, the author shall include a section titled: "To Do".

3.3 Delete when section

As memos are always temporary, and where it is not an initial draft of another document, the author shall include a section titled "Delete when" where they describe the conditions under which the memo can be deleted.

4 Keep memos in the Team Notebook

Authors shall put memo documents in the root of the Team Notebook.