smoa/docs/DOCUMENTATION_STRUCTURE.md

SMOA Documentation Structure

Last Updated: 2024-12-20
Status: ✅ FULLY ORGANIZED

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📚 Documentation Organization

The SMOA documentation is organized into clear categories for easy navigation and maintenance.

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Directory Structure

docs/
├── reports/                 # All project reports
│   └── completion/          # Completion and progress reports (16 files)
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├── reference/                # Core reference documents
│   ├── SPECIFICATION.md     # Application specification
│   ├── COMPLIANCE_MATRIX.md # Compliance status matrix
│   ├── COMPLIANCE_EVALUATION.md # Detailed compliance assessment
│   └── IMPLEMENTATION_REQUIREMENTS.md # Technical requirements
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├── status/                  # Implementation status
│   └── IMPLEMENTATION_STATUS.md # Current implementation status (consolidated)
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├── standards/               # Documentation standards and planning
│   ├── DOCUMENTATION_PLAN.md
│   ├── DOCUMENTATION_IMPLEMENTATION_STEPS.md
│   ├── DOCUMENTATION_CHECKLIST.md
│   └── DOCUMENTATION_EXECUTIVE_SUMMARY.md
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├── admin/                   # Administrator documentation
├── api/                     # API documentation
├── architecture/            # Architecture documentation
├── compliance/              # Compliance documentation
├── completion/              # Module/phase completion reports
├── database/                # Database documentation
├── integrations/           # Integration documentation
├── operations/              # Operations documentation
├── security/                # Security documentation
├── templates/               # Documentation templates
├── testing/                 # Testing documentation
├── training/                # Training materials
└── user/                    # User documentation

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Quick Navigation

Getting Started

• Project README - Project overview
• Documentation Index - Complete documentation index
• Specification - Application specification

Current Status

• Implementation Status - Current implementation status
• Completion Reports - All completion and progress reports

Reference Documents

• Specification - Application specification
• Compliance Matrix - Compliance status
• Compliance Evaluation - Detailed assessment
• Implementation Requirements - Technical requirements

Reports

• Completion Reports - All completion and progress reports
• Weekly Reports - Weekly status updates
• Monthly Reports - Monthly progress summaries
• Quarterly Reports - Quarterly reports
• Sprint Reports - Sprint/iteration reports

Standards

• Documentation Plan - Comprehensive plan
• Documentation Standards - All documentation standards

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Document Categories

Reports (docs/reports/)

All project reports including completion, progress, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and sprint reports.

Reference (docs/reference/)

Core reference documents that serve as authoritative sources for the project:

• Specification
• Compliance documentation
• Implementation requirements

Status (docs/status/)

Current implementation and project status documents.

Standards (docs/standards/)

Documentation standards, planning, and guidelines.

Other Categories

• admin/ - Administrator guides
• api/ - API documentation
• architecture/ - Architecture documentation
• compliance/ - Compliance evidence and certification
• completion/ - Module and phase completion reports
• database/ - Database documentation
• integrations/ - Integration documentation
• operations/ - Operations documentation
• security/ - Security documentation
• templates/ - Documentation templates
• testing/ - Testing documentation
• training/ - Training materials
• user/ - User documentation

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Finding Documentation

By Role

• End Users: See user/ directory
• Administrators: See admin/ directory
• Developers: See reference/, architecture/, api/ directories
• Project Managers: See reports/ directory
• Compliance Officers: See reference/ and compliance/ directories

By Topic

• Getting Started: See Documentation Index
• Specification: See reference/SPECIFICATION.md
• Compliance: See reference/COMPLIANCE_*.md and compliance/
• Implementation Status: See status/IMPLEMENTATION_STATUS.md
• Completion Reports: See reports/completion/

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Documentation Maintenance

Update Frequency

• Status Reports: Weekly/Monthly/Quarterly (as scheduled)
• Reference Documents: Updated with major changes
• Status Documents: Updated with implementation progress
• Standards: Reviewed quarterly

Contributing

1. Follow Documentation Style Guide
2. Use appropriate templates
3. Review using Review Checklist
4. Get approval per RACI Matrix

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Last Updated: 2024-12-20
Status: Fully Organized