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Teams often work in close quarters, making space a valuable - and sometimes scarce - commodity. Encourage your team members to keep their workspaces organized by dumping those piles of papers. Consider dumping information when: It's out of date, i.e., more than three years old. The way technology is changing, one year is probably even better. Such information is neither current nor reliable. The project has been finished or abandoned. Don't hold on to old reports "just in case someone wants them."
Material is updated regularly. Old catalogs can be dangerous. The parts are no longer stocked, the prices no longer valid and the specs no longer current. Dump them. Source: Managing Information Overload, Lynn Lively, AMACOM, (800)262-9699. |
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