# Documentation

Source: https://segern.com/practice/documentation-standards

If the work cannot be understood later, it is not done.

These standards keep the work legible to future-you and implementable by others.

### Story pages

- Weekly action breakdowns
- End-of-Story reflection
- GPS checkpoint notes

### Chapter summaries

- Narrative arc
- Key decisions and rationale
- Surprises and pivots
- Learnings to carry forward

### Specs and plans

- Written in narrative form before building begins
- Clear about what, why now, for whom, and how
- Defines what the work is and is not
- Preserves context for future readers