Here is another excerpt from my Systemization article, this one is from Part V…

Planning (and achieving the plan) for most, if not all things in business is the mother of success. Systemization is no different. A plan is your road map for accomplishment, without a plan you’re like a rudderless ship in a stormy sea. You are bound to fail or at best accomplish much less that you could and should have.

There are as many ways to plan for systemization of your business as there are “experts” on systemization. One of the best I’ve seen has been from our friends at Business Design Corp. (BDC). BDC, by the way has one of the best tools available for systemizing your business.

And with permission from our friends at BDC, I’ll go through their process along with my take on it.

There are five steps in planning and achieving the systemization of your business.
1. Listing the Systems (or processes or tasks)
2. Prioritizing the Systems (or processes or tasks)
3. Managing the System Writing Process
4. Implementing and Training on the Processes
5. Tracking and Monitoring the Processes

Listing the Systems (or processes or tasks)
First of all break down your business into four Major Functions:
     Getting the Business (Sales & Marketing)
     Running the Business (Administration & Finance)
     Doing the Business (Production & Client Fulfillment)
     Guiding the Business (Strategy & Management)