OP-002 · Operations & Standards
SOP Builder
Turn important know-how into a procedure someone else can actually follow
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About this toolkit
A practical operations toolkit that helps managers use evidence, create consistent standards and turn findings into owned action. Turn important know-how into a procedure someone else can actually follow.
What this toolkit helps you achieve
- Observe the task before writing
- Draft clear, testable steps in plain language
- Publish with ownership and a review date
What’s included
- A four‐part SOP cycle: Observe, Draft, Test, Publish
- The Five Golden Rules of SOP writing, on one page
- A plain‐English guide to the four elements of a usable SOP: Plain Language, Specific Steps, Visuals Where Helpful, A Named Owner and Review Date
- A template for planning an SOP before you start writing it
- A twelve‐question coaching bank for building and reviewing procedures
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Best for
Managers and process owners documenting repeatable operational work.
Expected practical outcome
Watch the task being done before you write a single step down, draft it in the order it's actually performed rather than the order you'd explain it in conversation, and have someone who's never done the task try to follow your draft exactly as written. What trips them up is what your SOP is missing, not a sign they didn't try hard enough.