Documentation of Portal Implementation - Experiences Required!

Dear EP Experts & NW Gurus,
I would like to know:
1)Any amount of portal implementation includes creation of Portal objects and PAR files, systems etc etc..
Moving these portal objects from one env to other some times involves changing few properties..Here i would like to know as to how are the EP developers documenting the Portal Developement?
2) How are the diff companies & consultants following the process of Design, Specs, TestCases & implementation?
Since there are so many properties involved for portal objects, these properties need to be documented so that if some problem happens in prod system then the docs can be consulted to find out whether the properties are correct or not?
3) How does SAP themselves do the documentation of their releases?Is there some tools that they have created which queries some kind of databases & which just dumps the properties etc into some excel format...?
Why i am asking this is bcos (in our case) after such a large implementation (hundreds of portal objects & tons of config..), the docs which we created have become so heavey and big it sometimes becomes diff to manage the docs manually. & then when we have team scenario,(where many ppl work & new ppl come & join..)these docs maintainance is painfull.
4) Most of the time after implementaion, where the support starts and when old iView keeps on changing as per new req, <b>is there any Standard way by which we can maintain the versions of Portal objects and config..??</b>
Please remember that i am talking abt all the phases of Soft Dev (High level Design, Specs, TestCases)..
I would like to discuss what kind of documennation does SAP & others do for portal implementations..
Regards
Gaurav

Hi Dagfinn,
Thanx for the reply..
I also think that the documentation should never become a burden..but a boon..
- Can you explain in detail about the first point (writing script)..are u saying that by some means i traverse the PCD and pickup the portal objects etc..
- We are on NW and have also configuared JDI recently. But how to use JDI for such kind of requirement.
Also as i asked, do u have any knowledge about Version Maintanance of Portal Objects?
The reason why i am again asking this is because what has happened recently is that since many ppl work on same objects and later on if an administrator wants to debug that who has changed what property -> it becomes diff to find out. even if i find that who has changed by "Changed by" but out of soo many propertes of any iView, which one was changed????
Regarding your answer about PCD Databases Browser.. in thread (Changing name of PCD object EP 6.0 SP11)
<i>Yes,
You can use the PCD database browser to change pcd properties, though I am not sure if it is included in NetWeaver.
Dagfinn</i>
I am on SP11 & SP9, and i am able to find that tool, but still not able to successfully connect. As soon as i connect, i willlet u know...
What about the other people here in SDN, what do the others have to say...??
Regards
Gaurav Gandhi

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