{"id":124928,"date":"2024-08-12T11:54:42","date_gmt":"2024-08-12T15:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=124928"},"modified":"2024-08-20T12:00:05","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T16:00:05","slug":"how-to-create-a-business-framework","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-create-a-business-framework\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Create a Business Framework (The Pumpkin Plan)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What are the benefits of a business framework? How can you simplify your company’s goal into one plan?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An operational framework explains one of your company\u2019s processes in a clear and detailed way that your employees can easily follow. One benefit of creating operational frameworks is that they keep the company running smoothly as it grows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read below for a short guide on how to create a business framework for your employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

How to Create a Framework<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To learn how to create a business framework, Mike Michalowicz says to first identify the task you perform most often for your customers. Then, explain exactly how you do that task. The goal is for someone with no training to be able to read the explanation and then complete the task exactly <\/em>as you would have,<\/strong> so be detailed and include all of your tips, tricks, and advice. Once you\u2019ve completed the initial draft, walk back through the process and add any information you missed on the first pass. Keep doing this until you\u2019re certain you\u2019ve recorded all the information necessary to execute the task.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once you\u2019ve recorded all the necessary information, simplify your explanation of the process\u2014Michalowicz says it should fit on a single page.<\/strong> Anything longer will be overly complicated and difficult to follow. He uses airline safety cards as an example of a properly created framework: They clearly and simply explain the process for surviving a plane crash on a single page, in such a clear way that anyone can understand it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another Method of Documenting Processes<\/strong>

In Traction<\/em><\/a>,<\/em> Gino Wickman offers another method of documenting your company\u2019s processes<\/a>:

1. Make a list of your company\u2019s most important processes. Wickman defines \u201cprocess\u201d more broadly than Michalowicz, more like the function of a department than a single task<\/a>. For example, he includes human relations, marketing, and sales as processes.

2. Document each process. This should be done by the person responsible for each process (such as the department manager). Wickman specifies that you shouldn\u2019t include every detail. Instead, simplify by only including important steps and procedures, eliminating any redundant steps, and looking for areas where technology could increase efficiency. A single process should take up to 10 pages.

3. Compile the documents into a manual and train employees in the relevant processes.

Wickman says this method has the same benefits as Michalowiz\u2019s frameworks. However, while this kind of high-level documentation may reduce the amount of oversight needed, it\u2019s arguably less effective than Michalowicz\u2019s method. Given the lack of details, employees couldn\u2019t read it and then complete their tasks exactly as you would\u2019ve. So, you have to spend time training them and answering questions about those left-out details.

In other words, instead of a simple airline card that explains what to do specifically in a crash, Wickman\u2019s method is more like a book that generally explains how all the parts of an airplane work. While this book may be a useful guide for airline workers who\u2019ve already been trained, it won\u2019t be helpful to someone without that training.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What are the benefits of a business framework? How can you simplify your company’s goal into one plan? An operational framework explains one of your company\u2019s processes in a clear and detailed way that your employees can easily follow. One benefit of creating operational frameworks is that they keep the company running smoothly as it grows. 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