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Structuring Processes and Workflows for Your WordPress Business
The document outlines a presentation on structuring processes and workflows for a WordPress business, emphasizing the importance of these systems for scaling operations efficiently. Key topics include the definition of processes and workflows, the benefits of checklists, and the necessity of documentation and feedback for continuous improvement. The presenters, Sandi and Nick Batik, provide practical exercises and insights from their experience in the field.
Structuring Processes and Workflows for Your WordPress Business
- 1. Structuring Processes and Workflowsfor Your WordPress Business Austin WordPress Meetup May 09, 2016 Presented By Sandi Batik & Nick Batik
- 2. What We’ll Cover Processesand Workflow • What is it? • Why you need them • Getting Started • Class Exercise
- 3. Who is thisfor? Scaling Make the same amount of money doing less work Do the same amount of work and make more money Scale completely
- 4. What is aprocess? A set of activities (steps) that accomplish a specific task
- 5. What is Workflow? Workflowis the series of processes to accomplish a project or goal.
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- 8. How Are YouDoing It Right Now? What’s Working?
- 9. How Are YouDoing It Right Now? What’s Not?
- 10. The Power of the Checklist Saywhat you are going to do, Then do it.
- 11. The Checklist Manifesto: How toGet Things Right by Atul Gawande
- 12. Make it Repeatable/ Transferable
- 13. If you diein a fiery wreck…
- 14. It should match yourvalues If your value is “quality” then having a process focused on “speed” is not congruent
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- 16. Dog-fooding Use your ownservice, product, and processes
- 17. Keep it Simple No, really. Asimple process will be followed; a complex one will be skipped
- 18. Gather information How well isit working?
- 19. Track Progress How arecustomers reacting? employees? team members?
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- 21. Find commonaliti es Develop similar Step-by- stepapproach for each process
- 22. Post-mortem Review the processafter each use: Sometime you change Sometimes your product / service changes Sometimes you learn something new
- 23. Iterate A process isonly a process if you can repeat it.
- 24. First Steps Get startednow: ▪ Documenting ▪ Brainstorming
- 25. Pay attention topain points These are the best place to try a new process
- 26. Write down a checklist No,not like this…
- 27. Keep tracking watch foreasy thing to fix
- 28. Thought experiment If your FairyGodmother could take away one frustration… what would you ask for? Start there.
- 29. Sharing and Feedback Ask yourclients: Did I explain my process well? Did I follow it?
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- 31. Presenter Sandi Batik WordPress evangelist,consultant, trainer, curricula developer, author, unapologetic geek, unrepentant capitalist, lucky enough to do what I love everyday. I’ve served as Austin WordPress Meetup co-organizer since 2010. With my husband Nick Batik, co-founded Pleiades Publishing Services in 1992 and Hands-On WordPress Training in 2010. Follow me @sandi_batik / @WPATX Contact me at: handsonwp.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/hsandracheva lierbatik
- 32. Presenter Nick Batik Started inweb development in 1994 and have been a WordPress consultant, and web developer since 2007. A WordPress evangelist, I’ve served as Austin WordPress Meetup co-organizer since 2010. With my partner, co-founded Pleiades Publishing Services in 1992 and Hands-On WordPress Training in 2010. Follow me @nick_batik / @WPATX Contact me at: handsonwp.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholasbatik