Final Version Designation Standard
When is final actually final?
The case for intervention
The organization had 19 files called FINAL. The Document Completion Board introduced a release standard identifying the owner, approval date and publication location for each authoritative copy.
The work undertaken
Eight reviewers met twice weekly for 30 weeks, then spent an equal amount of time reconciling tracked changes. The agreed naming standard received six post-approval amendments.
The approved outcome
The authoritative file is now FINAL_FINAL_v7_APPROVED_REVISED. A finality assessment remains open because the standard itself has not passed the naming rule.
What stayed with people
“FINAL. SUBJECT TO REVISION.”
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