Systemization

“If you can’t describe what you are doing as a process, you don’t know what you’re doing.” — W. Edwards Deming, production management expert and pioneer of statistical process control

Key Ideas:

• A System is a process made explicit and repeatable.
• The primary benefit of creating a System is that you can examine the process and make improvements.
• Developing Systems help everyone do what they have to do with minimum misunderstanding. It helps with the communication in the process.
• Creating systems may feel like extra work, but they ultimately make your work easier. The better your system, the better your business.

Questions for Consideration:

• What process are you using to deliver value?
• Have you systematized that process?
• Could that process be automated?