Process Documentation: The Ultimate Guide

As your organization grows, your business processes are likely to get more complex. What used to be a simple procedure may now have more steps, more stakeholders and more significance. Due to this increased complexity, your processes may not always be handled in the most efficient way. If you wish to do things in the most efficient way possible, process documentation is the first step you need to take.

In this blog, we’ll discuss the different aspects of process documentation and share some insights on how you can create high-quality process documents that can overcome inefficiency traps.

What is process documentation?

A process document refers to a document that provides a detailed outline of how to execute a task or process. This is an internal document that is typically shared with various stakeholders within an organization. It focuses more on the “how” of the process than the overall outcome. Moreover, this is an ongoing document that gets periodically modified along with the execution of a project or task.

You can create process documentation for various tasks ranging from onboarding a new employee to deploying a new software tool. By providing a roadmap for what steps are to be followed next, process documentation helps you streamline your current processes.