The reality is that once you’ve created a standard template, which is well thought out and constructed, you probably don’t need to do much more to it.
The problem comes up when you don’t have a standard…and you’re reinventing the wheel every time you sit down to do the task…which repeats itself over and over again. Think about things like a new project funding request, a post mortem on a problem, a monthly update you know you need to do to present to your boss/seniors.
While no one likes doing these types of tasks, a couple of lessons learned which really helped me….