Having your Standard Operating Procedures in place is the only way in which you can ensure consistency and grow your business. However, it is often perceived as a difficult and time-consuming task to compile Standard Operating Procedures, especially in the light of them not staying the same over time due to improvements.
Fortunately, there are some clever people who designed easy ways to compile and maintain Standard Operating Procedures online and on the go.
Process Street
This is a really simple way to manage recurring workflows for your team.
You can set up templates that can be used over and over. In addition, it allows you to track your team’s progress on each workflow so that you can see at a glance.
There are wonderful templates available so that you can set up your processes easily and quickly.
It integrates with over 500 apps, which is great if there are some apps you are already working with.
You can start out with a free plan for up to 5 templates.
SweetProcess
SweetProcess has a 14 day free trial, after which it will cost you $99/month for up to 20 active members.
Like Process Street, it offers you a way to document your procedures and track your team’s progress on them. You can also export your procedures into an Excel or PDF file.
Pipefy
Pipefy offers a little more than Process Street and SweetProcess. Not only can you document and track the progress your procedures with templates provided, you can set up a seamless flow between your different business processes. You can create templated emails and send them out from Pipefy. In addition, you can create a database for your company’s information. The paid version also offers you the ability to create powerful reports based on your processes.
Small teams (up to 10 users) can sign up for free to begin their workflow controls. However, if you need all Pipefy’s features to grow your business, it costs $30 per user per month. Additional plans for larger teams are available as well.
Of course, if you just want to compile standard operating procedures for reference and easy edits, you can also use tools such as Evernote, Wunderlist, Workflowy and Trello.
If you need help in setting up any of the above apps and capturing your workflows and processes, please don’t hesitate to contact me. I’m passionate about setting up and effectively using standard operating procedures!