Harbor DeskWrite the handoff
State what is ready, what is unresolved, and what the next person should do first.
Use the five-part guide
Good work deserves a good handoff
A clear place
A clear place
to start.
Projects move between people. Harbor Desk is a small working library for the notes, decisions, and next steps that need to move with them.
Build a useful handoffField note / 01
The next person
shouldn't have to guess.
- Where things stand
- The outline is agreed. Two examples still need review.
- The next step
- Read the review notes, then choose one example to finish.
- What to keep
- The short format. It worked well in the first round.
Keep the useful bits.
Short guides you can read, adapt, and put to work in your own team's workspace.
Leave a decision trail
A few sentences about the options and the reason for a choice save a surprising amount of repeat work.
Record a decisionMake it easy to find
Give a note a useful title, keep one current copy, and point people to it from the project.
Keep notes in order