Digital system development and maintenance

One run, start to finish. A box with an accent tick is a tool acting and opens its own page; a rounded box is an artefact or a record; a diamond is a decision the work cannot pass without. A dashed line is a hand-off the suite has not mechanised yet.

adds to a running record

A new entry on a record that only grows. Whoever needs it reads it later, and neither side waits.

reads what the other publishes

Nothing is sent. The next tool reads what the one before it has published, at the moment it needs it.

updates the current record

The record is overwritten with what is true now. The old value is replaced, not kept beside it.

opens a task for a person

A piece of work only a person can do, put on the team’s board.

1. 01RECORDA CLIENT PROBLEM OR REQUEST A record the run reads, writes or hands on.Nothing in this run reaches it. Hands on to COMPASS.
2. 02RECORDFRAMEWORK CHANGE A record the run reads, writes or hands on.Nothing in this run reaches it. Hands on to FORGE (MAINTAIN).
3. 03PROPOSE · toolCOMPASS Turns the request into a proposition and instructions.Reached from A CLIENT PROBLEM OR REQUEST. Hands on to WRITTEN PROPOSITION.
4. 04RUN · toolFORGE (MAINTAIN) Composes the app, and re-syncs it when Frame changes.Reached from FRAMEWORK CHANGE. Hands on to GAUGE.
5. 05PROPOSE · toolGAUGE Checks the re-synced app before it ships again.Reached from FORGE (MAINTAIN). Hands on to RUNNING APP, RE-SHIP GATE.
6. 06RECORDWRITTEN PROPOSITION A record the run reads, writes or hands on.Reached from COMPASS. Hands on to NOT MECHANISED YET.
7. 07RUN · toolNOT MECHANISED YET the tools that actually carry the work.Reached from WRITTEN PROPOSITION. Hands on to FRAME.
8. 08RUN · toolSCRIBE Conforms whatever data the app must take in.Nothing in this run reaches it. Hands on to FRAME.
9. 09RUN · toolSPINE Gates any exchange of the app’s data.Nothing in this run reaches it. Hands on to FRAME.
10. 10RECORD · decisionRE-SHIP GATE The work cannot pass this point without a decision.Reached from GAUGE. Hands on to RE-SHIPPED APP.
11. 11RECORDRE-SHIPPED APP A record the run reads, writes or hands on.Reached from RE-SHIP GATE. Hands on to CONSOLE, THE TEAM BOARD.
12. 12SUBSTRATE · toolFRAME The app runs on it.Reached from NOT MECHANISED YET, SCRIBE, SPINE. Hands on to RUNNING APP.
13. 13OBSERVE · toolCONSOLE Shows which apps are current and which have fallen behind.Reached from RE-SHIPPED APP. The run parks here.
14. 14RECORDRUNNING APP A record the run reads, writes or hands on.Reached from FRAME, GAUGE. The run parks here.
15. 15RECORDTHE TEAM BOARD A record the run reads, writes or hands on.Reached from RE-SHIPPED APP. The run parks here.

1. 01picked upCOMPASS A CLIENT PROBLEM OR REQUEST.Matter the run starts from. No member of the suite put it there.
2. 02nothing crossesCOMPASS → NOT MECHANISED YET The proposition.This hand-off is not mechanised yet. A person notices, or nobody does.
3. 03reads what the other publishesNOT MECHANISED YET → FRAME App config.Nothing is sent. The next tool reads what the one before it has published, at the moment it needs it.
4. 04hands onSCRIBE → FRAME hands on.A step following the one before it.
5. 05hands onSPINE → FRAME hands on.A step following the one before it.
6. 06parks hereFRAME RUNNING APP.Nothing later in this run reads it, so this is where that branch of the run stops.
7. 07nothing crossesGAUGE RUNNING APP.This hand-off is not mechanised yet. A person notices, or nobody does.
8. 08picked upFORGE (MAINTAIN) FRAMEWORK CHANGE.What changed.Matter the run starts from. No member of the suite put it there.
9. 09hands onFORGE (MAINTAIN) → GAUGE hands on.A step following the one before it.
10. 10updates the current recordGAUGE → CONSOLE App status.RE-SHIP GATE. The work cannot pass this point without a decision.The record is overwritten with what is true now. The old value is replaced, not kept beside it.