Documenting everything they do is a requisite for everyone on my team. Doing it "beautiful" is not. You can do it just drawing in paper, scanning it and linking the document, fast, almost inmidiatly.
That is very important. You confuse something that is basic with something that is an accessory. Document how software works is essential, writing beautiful diagrams is not. Diagrams must be drawn, just like a teacher does on a blackboard, but they don't need to be perfect.
If you demand beautiful diagrams you require designers with art skills or spending too much time on diagrams software or learning the diagrams' domain specific language.
Either way, spending too much time drawing something could be very bad idea.
If something is important you should demand it on your team, but it is a good idea that you have documented those reasons too and for people on your team to contribute too. You will be surprised how easy is for people to accept them when there are real reasons behind and it is not about another tyrant imposing his will on them with whimsical arbitrariness of autocracy.
But you need to do work too, you must be open to the possibility that it is you who is mistaken, putting your ego (or someone else's ego) to the side. Usually there is very dominant people on the team that constantly fight for dominance, being them right or not.
That is very important. You confuse something that is basic with something that is an accessory. Document how software works is essential, writing beautiful diagrams is not. Diagrams must be drawn, just like a teacher does on a blackboard, but they don't need to be perfect.
If you demand beautiful diagrams you require designers with art skills or spending too much time on diagrams software or learning the diagrams' domain specific language.
Either way, spending too much time drawing something could be very bad idea.
If something is important you should demand it on your team, but it is a good idea that you have documented those reasons too and for people on your team to contribute too. You will be surprised how easy is for people to accept them when there are real reasons behind and it is not about another tyrant imposing his will on them with whimsical arbitrariness of autocracy.
But you need to do work too, you must be open to the possibility that it is you who is mistaken, putting your ego (or someone else's ego) to the side. Usually there is very dominant people on the team that constantly fight for dominance, being them right or not.