The brief
An internal engineering database is only as useful as people's ability to actually use it. The knowledge existed; a clear, shared guide that anyone could follow didn't.
What I did
- Wrote a practical guide that turned system know-how into step-by-step workflows.
- Structured it so people could find what they needed and get on with it.
- It was distributed across North American teams.
The interesting part
Good documentation is mostly empathy — writing for the person who's stuck at 4pm, not for the person who already knows how it works.