Evidence review
What to inspect before changing anything
Start with the delivered website and the real user journey. Record the current state so the team can distinguish an observed problem from an assumption and compare the same surface after deployment.
- 01Identify changes customers need to understand
- 02Review version, date and ownership conventions
- 03Find breaking changes without migration guidance
Implementation
A practical improvement plan
Make the smallest coherent change that solves the observed problem. Keep normal code review, accessibility, security and product checks in the loop instead of optimizing for the scan alone.
- 01Publish concise outcome-focused entries
- 02Separate fixes, improvements and breaking changes
- 03Link to documentation or status incidents when useful
Verification
How to verify the result
Verification should test the intended outcome and the most likely regression. Use the production delivery path whenever headers, caching, rendering or third-party services affect the result.
- 01Check links and affected versions
- 02Ask support whether entries answer recurring questions
- 03Archive without breaking old references
Common pitfall
A shortcut to avoid
Automating every commit into a public changelog creates volume without helping customers understand the product.
Further reading
Primary guidance and references
These sources provide standards, security guidance or the interpretation framework used to keep this guide bounded. Product-specific implementation still requires review in the actual codebase.