Taking responsibility... way to self-confidence

Earlier I was working as a part of a team where I was just following the already sketched plan and predefined procedures. It was easy to work on somebody elses' guidelines/plans as you dont own the outcome ( when it is not good :)) and moreso as you dont realize the effort and thought process put into the structuring the whole process.

But now when I am doing something completely on my own... things like defining the scope of the work, delineating the process and structure followed and the format of smallest of the documents used, I get to realize the importance and precision required while doing the whole task. All this is not very complicated and just requires a step by step approch. But the whole procees should be easy enough to be followed by a new joinee to the team. For this, taking into account several things before finalizing a path is important so that rework can be avoided and the whole task can be optimised with respect to time taken to complete the task.

While doing all this the importance of owning the task dawned to me. As I will be responsible for any glitch any rework any amount of wasted time ,etc.. It also is taking me to a structured way of doing everything which is reflected in my day to day activities. And being able to do all this with some amount of success helps to increase the repository of self-confidence. In a nutshell its going great... just try it out... own some task at your workplace...