What Needs an SOP?

Because ‘document everything’ is terrible operations advice.

You probably do need SOPs. You probably do not need an SOP for every recurring thing your business has ever done. Some work should be documented. Some should be delegated. Some should be automated. Some should be simplified. And some should be killed with fire. What Needs an SOP? is a quick triage tool for deciding which is which before you spend three hours documenting a process nobody should be doing.

Use it to decide whether a recurring task should be:

  • deleted

  • simplified

  • automated

  • delegated

  • or documented

Especially useful if:

  • everything currently lives in your head

  • your team keeps asking the same questions

  • you know you “need SOPs” but have no idea where to start

  • you have already tried documenting everything and immediately hated your life

Make the next recurring task easier to hand off. Get the weekly systems note — one practical fix for the stuff quietly eating your time, margin, or sanity.

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