They often say that you shouldn’t sweat the small stuff, but you should never ignore the small stuff because small things have a tendency to mushroom into larger things. How many times have we heard of plan crashes and other disasters than only happened because of the failure of a small bolt or tube? While retirement plans don’t have the same disasters like a building collapse, but there is enough small stuff that can be neglected to the plan sponsor’s and plan participant’s peril. So this article is about the small stuff that plan sponsors should take care of before they become a larger problem.