Process And Procedure Writing
When to Use
- Standardizing operational workflows.
- Documenting cross-team handoffs and controls.
- Requests for procedure templates.
Workflow
- Apply
governance-writing-style-guidebefore drafting. - Define process purpose, trigger, and endpoint.
- Identify actors, systems, and required inputs.
- Write numbered steps with decision points.
- Add control checks and escalation paths.
- Define evidence artifacts and completion criteria.
Output Template
# Procedure Document
## Purpose and scope
...
## Roles
- Role:
- Responsibility:
## Procedure steps
1. ...
## Control points
- ...
## Outputs and evidence
- ...
Quality Checklist
- Start/end conditions are clear.
- Steps are testable and sequenced.
- Controls and exceptions are explicit.
- Required evidence is specified.