Don't Do This

Don't shred your project documentation, unless it has expired based on your enterprise's retention policy. Be as transparent as possible with your project status, especially with the steering team. Be the source of the truth. ...

... "It is hardly surprising that the Treasury wants to hide from the public the details of their badly mishandled computer projects and it seems that Gordon Brown's tendency towards obsessive secrecy ... " ...

Via ITPro: Shredding of IT project reports