Wesley - As a suggestion try to break up the PCB design process (methodology) into what I would consider the 4 major process groups: I. INPUT - FRONT END (Schematic Capture) [CHECK] II. PLACEMENT - Floorplanning/Approval [CHECK] III. ROUTING - Critical/AutoRoute [CHECK] IV. OUTPUT - Postprocessing, Documentation [CHECK] Each of these Groups of course needs to be broken down to the process description for naming conventions, documentation, etc, and this can only be determined by your company since all companies do things differently. As was suggested do one at a time as time allows. Also remember that the process that you document is considered to be alive and as such will continue to grow and be modified as the need arises. This will only cover the design methodology for the PCB layout. You must also document other processes such as the Library Specification which describes how your libraries for Schematic as well as PCB will be generated consistently. One bit of advice, I would not suggest that you change each persons strategy on how they design boards, because this will impede their creativity. One reason for creating procedures and processes is to be consistent on documentation, layer usage/naming, library naming/creation, and things that need to be made consistent. Do not however curb your designers learned ways of designing. Remember everyone tackles a design challenge differently. I hope this helps a bit. Regards . . . BobCAD My manager has assigned me the task of creating a kind of PCB design methodology. We currently all have our own way of designing boards and are looking for ways to capture this information on paper. I've gone to IPCs web page and printed out anything and everything on PCB design. Do you have any suggestion on where I can start? Shannon Wesley email: [log in to unmask] Systems Engineer phone: (619)457-2111 x228 VisiCom Laboratories, Inc. fax: (619)457-0888 ################################################################ DesignerCouncil E-Mail Forum provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ################################################################ To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE DesignerCouncil <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF DesignerCouncil ################################################################ Please visit IPC's web site (http://www.ipc.org) "On-Line Services" section for additional information. For technical support contact Hugo Scaramuzza at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.312 ############################################################# ################################################################ DesignerCouncil E-Mail Forum provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ################################################################ To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE DesignerCouncil <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF DesignerCouncil ################################################################ Please visit IPC's web site (http://www.ipc.org) "On-Line Services" section for additional information. For technical support contact Hugo Scaramuzza at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.312 ################################################################