THE DRAWING INDEX — SHT TR
REHEARSE IT BEFORE IT SHIPS.
A routine is a procedure written as steps. A test run is one walk through it, step by step, with each outcome recorded. Rehearse before it meets the public, the customer, or the audience.
Test run #6, walked step by step, each outcome kept.
THE STEPS, REHEARSED, EACH OUTCOME WRITTEN DOWN.
THE THING, WRITTEN AS STEPS
A routine is a repeatable procedure: the release checklist, the outage drill, the brew day, the load-in before a show. Write it once, in order, in plain steps anyone can follow. The point is that the procedure lives somewhere the whole team can read, not just in the head of the person who usually runs it.
A RUN IS A REHEARSAL, RECORDED
Start a run and walk the steps, marking each one passed, failed, or skipped, with notes and a snapshot where it helps. The run becomes a record of how the rehearsal actually went, not a memory of it. Run the same routine again next month and you have two runs to compare, side by side.
A REHEARSAL YOU DIDN'T RECORD IS ONE YOU GET TO REPEAT.
WHAT A FAILED RUN TEACHES
A failed step is not a dead end. It becomes feedback, and feedback points back to the work. The reconnect step that failed on Saturday becomes the issue you open Monday, linked to the run that found it. The rehearsal builds shared understanding of what actually holds up under a true-to-life Saturday in the field.
WHAT A RUN HOLDS
01
THE ROUTINE
The procedure as ordered steps, written once and run as many times as you need.
02
THE RUN
One rehearsal, started with a single call, walked step by step.
03
THE OUTCOMES
Pass, fail, or skip per step, with notes and a snapshot, kept on the record.
04
THE FEEDBACK
A failed step becomes feedback and an issue, linked back to the run that found it.
RUN IT FIRST IN REHEARSAL, NOT IN FRONT OF THE CUSTOMER
REHEARSE THE THING
Write the steps. Walk them. Keep the record of how it went.
START DRAFTING BACK TO THE INDEX