Tool
Workflow Planner
Map a workflow from start to finish, score each step, and spot delays or gaps.
Summary
A useful workflow map captures: step, owner, input, output, average duration, and blocker. Anything less hides the real friction.
Add each step in order. The tool calculates total time and flags slow or blocker-prone steps.
Total time
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Slowest step
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Blocker-prone steps
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How to use
- List every step of the process in order — even ones that feel trivial
- Estimate realistic duration (not best-case)
- Mark blocker risk honestly
- Total duration tells you baseline; slowest step tells you the bottleneck
What to do with the result
- Fix the slowest step first — biggest lever
- For high-risk blockers, document the escalation path
- Look for handoffs where delays pile up
- Kill steps that produce no output change
Frequently asked questions
How granular should steps be?
15-30 minute chunks are the sweet spot. Longer steps hide sub-bottlenecks.
Next step
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