What I learned building a 300-article knowledge base for a naval IT environment
I spent years on nuclear submarines before transitioning to civilian IT work. On a submarine, procedure compliance is the difference between a safe ship and a very bad day. We internalize it quickly and there are serious consequences to going outside approved procedures. Every evolution has a written checklist and series of steps that have to be taken. Any departure from that procedure must be approved from powers rivaling the power of a deity. The culture of “if it isn’t written down, it didn’t happen” gets into your bones.