Automate the boring thing first.

Automation multiplies whatever process you point it at. Point it at a good one and you get leverage; point it at a mess and you get a bigger mess on schedule. This is the sort that tells you where to start.

• 4 Tests a process must pass before we automate it (POP method)
• 5 min To sort your team's tasks with this guide (the sort in step 2)
• 1st Speed of first response pays back fastest (POP client work)

What is inside: 6 steps in 4 pages

1. List your five most frequent tasks. What the team does every day or every week.
2. Score each one. Minutes it takes, and how much judgment it needs.
3. Apply the four tests. Frequent, same steps every time, predictable inputs, a clear correct result.
4. Write it down.
5. Simplify, then automate.
6. Measure it.

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