Preface

How To Use This Manual

Introduction

This guide contains standards and procedures to be used by Computer and Information Resources and Technology personnel. This guide is not to serve as a replacement for the appropriate hardware or software manuals.

Standards

Good standards lead to good usability of the system and should be simple, well documented, published and maintained

If any of the standards in this guide are not in keeping with the above definition, please bring them to the attention of your manager. Likewise, if there are additional procedures which should be added to this guide, please complete Form # 1001, Revision Control Sheet.

Explanation Of Revision Control Sheets

When pages to this manual are inserted, replaced, or removed, a Revision Control Sheet is used to describe these changes so the manual can be updated correctly by its users. The Revision Control Sheet also acts as a historical document of changes to this manual and a means by which approval can be obtained from your immediate manager.

The Revision Control Sheet describes in a narrative form the changes being made to this manual. In addition, it also explains whether a page is to be inserted, replaced, or removed from the manual.

Below is an example of a Revision Control Sheet,Form # 1001. This form can also be located in the Appendix and copied for use.

REVISION CONTROL SHEET

Name of the Manual:___________________________________________________

Document Number:___________________ Revision Number:__________________

DESCRIPTION OF CHANGES:

PAGES AFFECTED:

Page Number(s) or Location in the Manual (Insert, Replace, Remove)
Revision Requested By:________________________ Date:__________________
Revision Prepared By:_________________________ Date:__________________
Revision Approved By:_________________________ Date:__________________

FORM 1001


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