Systems and vendors
What the organization runs, who supplies it, who owns the relationship, and where support begins when it fails.
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The Boring IT Documentation Study.
A practical look at whether small organizations can find the systems, owners, access paths, vendor details, and recovery instructions they need when ordinary technology stops being ordinary.
How we document systemsPublication status
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Planned scope
The documentation most likely to matter on a bad day.
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Administrative access
How privileged accounts, recovery methods, emergency access, and ownership remain available without spreading passwords.
AccessNetworks and physical technology
How internet service, network equipment, Wi-Fi, cabling, cameras, and site-specific decisions are recorded.
InfrastructureBackup and recovery
Whether backups, retention, restore responsibilities, and recovery priorities are documented well enough to be tested.
ContinuityEveryday operating changes
How documentation supports onboarding, offboarding, device replacement, vendor changes, office moves, and incident response.
OperationsNext step
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