Over the years that I've spent practicing, studying, and quietly observing all things analysis across a handful of projects I've come to learn that following a few simple rules can help lead to a successful project. Let's take a look at the top five things that you should always do to make your job easier in the long run, keep your customer happy, and ultimately deliver a winning product:

1.) Maintain consistency in document design, and file storage structures. It's a very simple, but often overlooked practice that can mean the difference between avoiding last minute confusion and encountering some embarrassing heartache (Read: Exactly where is it in this document?!?).

Not only is document structure an important part of successful delivery, but file structure is important as well. Forget “where in this document is that feature” when you cant find the file easily.