Hey I'm full of questions today! The question du jour (du minute?) is about document control. Does anyone have any advice they'd like to share about developing a system for keeping track of who is currently working on a document, who has worked on a document, and who has made what changes?
What I've done in the past (with Word) is have people put their initials at the end of the file name so we could all see at a glance who was currently working on the document. At my current job, we have a Project file to keep track of who is working on what. Our engineering staff uses some kind of card that people initial when the document changes hands, so that's an option also. But none of these solutions really speaks to the drafting stage, where the document changes hands quite a lot before it is ready to be reviewed. Anyhow, I was hoping one or more of you might have suggestions. Thanks! Deirdre