Fewest
Cut the steps
Remove the step before you automate it.
11 handoffs today
4 after redesign
1 step gets AI help
Remove the step before you automate it.
The problem
Automating a bad process makes a fast bad process.
What it would do
A method for cutting steps and handoffs first, then adding AI only where something is left to do.
Who it is for
Operations teams. May become a method inside Minimalis rather than a separate company.
Illustrative sceneEleven handoffs become four. Then one of the four gets help.
How it would work
- Draw every handoff.
- Remove the ones that only move work around.
- Automate only what is left.
Governance
The articles of the governance framework this company leans on most. All eight apply.
- Article 5Claims carry a date and evidence.
- Article 7Time saved is returned.
- Article 8Obligations scale with risk.
Status. Development stage. No customers, no live product.
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