Beginning Project Documentation?

mirthe_v writes "Hi, I'm working for a small webcompany (about 20 people), with ColdFusion programmers and designing staff. We all work on a bunch of projects (Internet, intranet, cd-roms, etc.) on the same time, with different people and different or no methodologies. There is an ever growing need for documentation, but we have no idea where to start."

mirthe_v continues: "I was just wondering how other people/companies keep track of their current and older projects.
Do you put stuff in a database, if so, what about all those diagrams and handwritten notes.
If not, do you store things in a folder per project, and how do you then stop documentation from getting lost and making sure people store things where they should.

"As I said, I don't know where to start, especially since the staff varies greatly in the need for documentation, technical background, experience with writing documentation and even different languages (English and Dutch).

"Please share all your thoughts and experiences. Cheers, Mirthe""

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CowboyNeal-Flow

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We have a semi-customized document management system. He conducts real-time surveillance and documentation of our systems and files them according to the CNFS (CowboyNeal File System.) We've run into a few bugs with the eccentric cataloguing mechanisms (CowboyNeal's pockets) but otherwise it seems to run smoothly.