Many techies resist side two of the database administration portfolio. Side one is doing the work; side two is documenting what you did. This presentation will instill a sense of responsibility to help erase the “where no person has gone before” syndrome. Technologists owe it to their colleagues to ensure what they do makes it easier for those who follow in the wake of what they have just done.

The time-to-market of many interventions, be one a developer or a DBA, can be shortened by light years if all participants take the time to share with their followers their successes and how they got there.