Project planning
Keep a change log focused on user-visible outcomes
By SI100x · Published
A change log helps readers understand what improved and what remains unfinished. It is more useful when it describes behavior instead of listing every file that changed.
Try this exercise
- For each meaningful change, write the problem and the new behavior. Include the trigger when it helps distinguish the fix from a broad claim.
- Record the checks you performed and the environment used. Separate local validation from a deployed retest and note any state you could not access.
- Group related changes and preserve unresolved dependencies. Do not turn a moved task card or a ready build into evidence that a user journey passed.
Check your result
Someone who missed the development conversation should understand the outcome and its limits. Keep secrets, internal tokens and unnecessary private account details out of the log.
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