As an in-house lawyer, preserving the why is basically my job. I write up 'memos' in which we examine a problem, arrive at a solution and recommendation, and ma

As an in-house lawyer, preserving the why is basically my job. I write up 'memos' in which we examine a problem, arrive at a solution and recommendation, and make the recommendation. Often times the team that makes the recommendation doesn't do a great job documenting the 'why' in its Jira ticket and so their organization can tend to forget why something is done. I try to make sure that doesn't happen, when it comes to important things. Unfortunately we aren't always certain of what is important and what deserves a detailed writeup.