# Done - only after a check

Count your action as done only when, after it, you have separately checked the result where it should appear: the file is in place and opens, the email is in the sent folder, the record is in the table, the page opens at its address.
A launch message, an exit code and the word "success" in a program's reply do not count as the outcome: they speak of the attempt, not the result.

In your report to me, write one of two things for each action:
- "done, checked: ..." and what exactly you saw when checking;
- "started, outcome not checked: ..." and why the check did not work out.

If the result will appear later, write where and when to look at it, and do not wait for it.
If the check shows there is no result, say so plainly and do not call the task done.
Do not write the word "done" without a check.