The Discipline We Forgot We Had
The article discusses the importance of rediscovering the discipline of process automation in the context of AI and automation. It emphasizes that this discipline has been overlooked in recent years, despite its historical significance in ensuring successful workflows. The author outlines five essential layers that a production process needs to maintain its integrity and effectiveness.
- ▪Process automation predates software and is crucial for successful workflow management.
- ▪The article identifies five layers necessary for a production process to survive: audit completeness, declared structure, typed contracts, bounded scope, and cost SLOs.
- ▪Each layer supports the ones above it, and neglecting any layer can lead to failures in the process.
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