CHECKLISTS
Nobody can remember or think of everything. It is just one of our shortcomings as human beings.
An excellent way to overcome that frailty is to develop checklists. A checklist is nothing more than a listing of items related to a particular subject. It serves as a reminder to perform some activity or to review something.
Checklists serve many purposes. They prevent oversights, especially for people with declining memories, and they ensure consistency of action if more than one person performs the action. They also prevent reinventing the wheel. That is, the items in the checklist are recorded and, therefore, are available to everyone with access to them long after the author departs.
You can use checklists for routine and nonroutine ...
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