Start by producing procedures for your routine business tasks. These procedures are then used as work instructions for completing specific tasks; you don’t have to hand-hold someone to get them to carry them out.

To produce task procedures, the “how to” aspects, ask “How do I?”, then begin at the beginning [...]]]> How to Start Systemising

Start by producing procedures for your routine business tasks. These procedures are then used as work instructions for completing specific tasks; you don’t have to hand-hold someone to get them to carry them out.

To produce task procedures, the “how to” aspects, ask “How do I?”, then begin at the beginning – as suggested by the King in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland – and go on till you come to the end: then stop.

As suggested in Part 2, chart each step that is used to compile the process. That’s it, unless the steps are inconsistent. In which case it would be necessary to provide guidelines to indicate the rules to be abided by.

The whole idea of systemising in this manner is twofold.

1. You now have a means of controlling the quality of your work, and
2. In the event of illness for a one-person business, or other calamity, another person could easily pick up the threads and provide continuity for you.

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