Reasons for records
Typical reasons for keeping records
- Required by law
- Required by your management
- Required by the contract you are working under
- Or the contract you are administering
- And the possibility of disputes and claims
- Required by you for your own advancement
- Necessary to control on-going work
- As track records for estimating future work
For all of these reasons
- Records must be kept as work proceeds
- On a current basis, and not "after the fact"