Automating an unmapped process digitizes its dysfunction — map how work actually flows (including the workarounds), fix the process, then automate
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Shadow the doers: the real process lives in inboxes, spreadsheets, and 'well, actually we...' — the documented procedure is usually historical fiction.
Most cycle time is waiting — for approvals, information, handoffs. Mapping exposes queues; automation's biggest wins are usually there, not in the work steps.
Automation ossifies whatever it encodes; eliminate the redundant approvals and dead steps first — the cheapest process improvement is deletion, and it needs no software.
Automate with measurement built in (cycle times, bottleneck alerts) so the process stays visible and improvable instead of becoming next decade's mysterious legacy.
Skipping the discipline this article describes until an incident, audit, or stalled project forces it — every practice above is cheaper adopted early than retrofitted under pressure.
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