I’m the kind of person who is conscientious enough to make a handover document when I go on PTO, and the same traits that make me do that are the reason why I’d never use this. It lacks a personal touch; in fact it’s almost insulting (“I couldn’t be bothered to prepare a handover document so I asked this AI to do a shoddy job of it”). And the whole point of a handover document is to capture top-of-mind priorities that exist nowhere outside of your own head. An LLM won’t fix that (at least in the near-term before we’ve all got brain implants…)
Same on longer PTO doc, because there is always something weird going on that people should be aware of and no one should be able to say 'No one told me.' From that perspective, it is a useful CYA, but in my experience it genuinely helps everyone plan a little better.
That is the reason I think the Handover project has merit. What I personally hate however is the format ( video ), because I can see corporations adopting this out of sheer laziness. In other words, I don't wish this project be adopted by corporate America based on personal preferences, but I can kinda see them jumping on it.