- 01See the operationWe watch the operation as it runs: tools, people, constraints.
- 02Name the constraintThe constraint is a specific stall in the week.
- 03Intervene where it earns its keepCustom development is one option. We will say when another first move is better.
- 04Stay until it is in useDelivery is the week working.
Six cases where we do not start by building software.
We will say when a standard product, an integration, or a process decision is the better first move.
- Standard software already covers itBuy it. Rebuilding it does not make the company look more serious.
- An integration would carry the factConnect the systems. Do not re-type the business.
- The process has no ownerName an owner first. Software will not invent one.
- The process is still being inventedDo not freeze a draft into a product.
- People will not participateA system nobody uses is not an operation.
- The constraint is organizationalWe will say so. That is part of the work.
How a file actually runs
Discovery, a scoped build, then scheduled reviews. That is the calendar of the file.