A project stays alive only while its path stays readable.

The one-page project record keeps goal, material, decisions, assumptions and checks so that work becomes workable again after a pause or a handover.

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The smallest useful project record

A project can look finished and still be lost. That happens when its output remains but its story disappears: no one knows which starting conditions applied, which decision was deliberate, or how to check the work again. Documentation is not an afterthought — it is the form in which work survives its first moment.

01 · Starting pointGoal, users and relevant materials give the project an understandable start.

02 · DecisionA reasoned choice and clear rules show what is intentional.

03 · RepetitionOpen points and a quality check enable a new, reviewable run.

CORE METHOD

The one-page project record

It separates facts, decisions and assumptions. This creates not just an archive, but a workable starting point for the next person or the next version.

WRITE THE RE-ENTRY

Describe goal, material, one reversible decision, one open assumption and a quality check. Test whether an outsider can find the next step from it.