FlowSharp

The Method

The Method

Measure. Automate. Grow. A method for continuous improvement of business processes that starts from real work, introduces governed automation and turns verified results into capability, quality and growth.

Definition and promise

M.A.G. is a method for continuous improvement of business processes that starts from real work, introduces governed automation and turns verified results into capability, quality and growth.

The operating promise: make visible how work gets done, decide where to intervene, deliver the improvement and verify that it produces value over time.

Its natural field is recurring processes that cross people, documents, business systems, applications, integrations and AI. You can start from a single customer need: handling contacts collected at a trade show, assessing a technical case, approving an order, completing an onboarding.

FlowSharp is the reference implementation of the method: it connects the representation of the process to its execution and to the evidence of improvement. The method defines the questions, decisions and proof required; FlowSharp provides an environment in which to keep them connected during daily work.

The preference for FlowSharp rests on this verifiable continuity. The principles remain understandable to anyone who has yet to choose a platform.

The cycle: three phases

The cycle restarts from measuring the improved process. During Automate you keep measuring; during Grow you keep governing execution and exceptions.

What growth means

Grow covers three forms of growth:

  • sustainable economic results;
  • the ability to serve more customers, or serve them better;
  • the organization's autonomy.

An increase in revenue remains a result to observe and explain: freed time alone does not prove it.

The units of the method

The unit of observation is the real case: a contact, an order, a file. The unit of governance is the process that manages its life cycle. The unit of change is the improvement initiative, linked to the process and to the original need.

This distinction makes it possible to follow both the customer's work and the consultant's work. The number of automations delivered is a delivery figure; the outcome of the cases handled is the evidence of the service rendered.

Responsibilities

Customer sponsor

Role in the method
Chooses the business objective, approves the investment and the use of the value obtained.

Process owner

Role in the method
Validates the map and baseline, accepts the operating process and verifies the results.

Operators and domain experts

Role in the method
Describe the work, test the solution, handle cases and report exceptions.

Consultant or partner

Role in the method
Leads the M.A.G. cycle, explains the choices, builds or coordinates the interventions and documents the evidence.

Technical service owner

Role in the method
Looks after integrations, availability, maintenance and problem handling.

Methodological roles

In small businesses one person may hold several responsibilities. These are methodological responsibilities: software permissions are configured separately, using the available roles and functions.