# Process optimization method | Aprixity

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METHOD

# From the real process to dependable operations.

The five thought movements condense the seven IMPACTS steps without skipping any of them.

1.  1I
    
    ## Clarify the target and constraint
    
    Choose a recurring workflow, define the target and name the step that limits total throughput.
    
    Follow the real flow through processing, handoffs, waiting points and required information. Many parts do not make a process impossible to understand. Also mark which decision must remain with a person.
    
    Process strip
    
    1.  Input
    2.  Processing
    3.  Output
    
    -   Handoffs
    -   Waiting points
    -   Required information
    
2.  2M
    
    ## Remove ballast
    
    Remove steps, handoffs and information that do not contribute to the chosen target.
    
    Anything unnecessary should be neither digitised nor automated.
    
3.  3P
    
    ## Simplify the flow
    
    Order the remaining flow so every step, handoff and decision becomes traceable.
    
    Simplification prevents AI from merely accelerating an unnecessarily complicated process.
    
4.  4A
    
    ## Make knowledge explicit
    
    Name the data, rules and experience required for the workflow and its decisions.
    
    Only explicit knowledge can be tested, shared and used dependably by AI.
    
5.  5C · T · S
    
    ## Build, prove, embed
    
    Implement the smallest dependable solution and treat the test as a decision gate.
    
    1.  Build a disposable prototype.
    2.  Test only against the chosen target.
    3.  Move into operation only after the test passes.
    

## Decision sheet

Five fields for the next concrete process decision.

Process and target

Ballast

Simplified flow

Required knowledge

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