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Documentation Explained

In Archipelo, we follow the document-first approach, which means we default to starting things with documentation. To maintain a clean hierarchy of the documents and make it simple to find them later, it is important to stick to the rules.

caution

All documents are considered confidential by default and cannot be redistributed outside of the company.

Tools​

Tools used for creating, editing, reading and storing documentation:

Document types​

Below is a graph showing different types of documents and which tool should be used to create them.

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For easier search, below is the same data shown in a dropdown list structure:

Graphics

Figma

  • Design documents (wireframes, branding, prototypes, user flows, mockups)
Enriched Text
Documents containing mostly text, but enriched with graphics, charts etc.

Figma or Google Slides

  • Presentations / slideshows (roadmaps, board-decks)

Miro

  • Scrum Ceremonies (Sprint Retrospective)
  • Design Thinking Sessions
  • UML Diagrams
  • Charts, Graphs, Mindmaps

Notion

  • Personal Portfolio
  • 1:1 Meeting Notes
Text

Google Docs

  • Research docs
  • Meeting Notes
  • Reports
  • PRD (Product Design Document)
  • Drafts

GitHub

  • ADR (Architecture Decision Record)
  • Post-mortems
  • Technical documentation (Software Environments, Release Process, Testing Process, Infrastructure, README files, etc.)
  • Company Protocols (Time Off Policy, Remote Practice, Recruiting, Task Management etc.)
  • Company Info (Values, Members etc.)
Videos

Google Drive

  • Meeting Recordings

Loom

  • Screen Recordings
Videos

Google Drive

  • Articles
  • PDF Files
  • Spreadsheets