Verbal agreements much be accepted by the law, but I was always taught that “if you don’t have it in writing then it doesn’t mean anything.” This saying comes into use whenever I work on a project. Whenever I have a meeting, I make sure to have meeting minutes sent out to all participants to reinform them of the agreement and disagreements made within the meeting. This comes in handy when months pass by and someone decided to go back on what was discussed in the initial meeting. In these cases, I have written proof to justify the changes made within the project from the consent of the members in the meeting. In this situation, if I did not have a written document stating the agreements then other engineers would have a position to object and delay my project.