The importance of standards, also incompany standards

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It is vital to have a standardized framework in your projects, or the projects your company is undertaking.
This does not mean that you cannot change it when needed, but there are some important benefits in trying to maintain a standardized way of doing things.

The most important benefit of creating this standard framework, is the possibility to reuse the knowledge.
A second not less important benefit is that an existing framework permits continuous improvement having a baseline. You know where you were in the beginning, you know where you are now.

Being able to see, measure and work towards further improvements is a key for growth.