This is a subject for those who might be working in smaller theatres where you as the stage manager run the boards, instead of calling cues to operators. It also ties in a bit to digital prompt books.
I work mostly in small theatres, and a lot of shows I run lights and sound myself, off Qlab. More and more I've found myself building the Q list instead of picking up and running a list built for me by sound designers or MEs.
As a matter of fact, more and more Qlab tends to be my prompt script. I'm able to set it up to my liking in terms of groups and such, change the color for certain cues, drop in reminder notes about sound mixing, and build cue lines right into the names of the Qs. Since I'm only looking back and forth between the screen and stage, instead of screen, stage and script, I'm able to keep my eyes on the stage more than I otherwise would. AND if the other stage manager has to come run my show for some emergency reason (or I have to do hers) we both find it easier to follow each other's Qlab files for a show we've never run before than turning pages on a unfamiliar prompt script while trying to mix mics and run lights and sound.
(I still construct a running script for the archive, but that's usually well after we've opened. Modifying Qlab data during tech is way faster than erase and write in a script!)
Does anyone else build your own Qlab files? Or modify ones given to you by designers to fit your needs?