Much has been said and written in recent years about the need to document the experiences of the many different development initiatives taking place all over the world, and learn from the successes and failures. Unfortunately, it is rare that time and effort is put into organising, analysing and documenting experiences, for various reasons. This manual is an attempt to develop a method which will help people to document their experiences. It presents a practical step-by-step method to help describe and analyse a project, and thus document it fully. 46 p.