Blue Printing Your Business Processes

A blueprint is a schematic of a reality. According to wikipedia: “A blueprint is a type of paper-based reproduction usually of a technical drawing documenting an architecture or an engineering design. More generally, the term "blueprint" has come to be used to refer to any detailed plan.” Blueprinting is used in many fields, i.e. engineering, architects, businesses and technology firms.

Blueprinting your business allows you to drastically improve your business by understanding the key areas of your business.

Seeing your processes helps improving workflow, capacity management, income generation, resource planning and more; leading to more sales, improving customer satisfaction and decreasing expenditure.

The following details the process of developing your blue print:

1) Define the scope, goals, objectives and role players
2) Key process questions
3) Outline the main steps / processes (paper based) with management
4) Outline the interaction between the steps (paper based) with management
5) Interview key staff in the process
6) Capture the blue print electronically
7) Review the blue print with management
8) Make corrective changes
9) Walk the processes with management and staff
10) Make corrective changes
11) Sign off complete Blue Print

The Blue Print is a one page overview off all the processes in your business. It is a true birds eye view for effective business management and improvement.