When deadlines are short and managing projects becomes overwhelming, you often delegate your work to someone who is not as occupied. It’s important that your projects are well-organized and easy to follow. Suppose your delegatee is clueless, chances are he/she will temporarily store new data in various locations as well as name them in ways easiest for them to follow. Although the project may be successfully completed, it’s not until after you return a few months later that you often spend hours cursorily trying to figure out the workflow (given a large project).
The folder structure below is arbitrary; however, it should work for the majority of people. (more…)