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15 workflow templates
App data requirements
When the requirements for an internal app leave fields or actions unclear, the business systems analyst gets one data specification: entities, fields, who reads and writes each, and every unresolved name as a question. Nothing is built or changed.
- Starts it
- Business systems analyst
- Brings
- export, notes, document
- Gets
- 9 outputs
Court-order deadline notice preparation
When a court order arrives, the legal assistant has a draft notice ready for the attorney: every directive in the court’s own words, every date copied from the order or proposed under the firm’s own written rule file, and a list for the attorney to confirm. Nothing is calendared or sent until the attorney confirms.
- Starts it
- Legal assistant
- Brings
- document, pasted text
- Gets
- 7 outputs
Goal alignment review
Before next period's goals are set, the chief executive sees every team goal mapped to the company priority it serves: goals with no company parent, goals that pull against each other, priorities nobody owns, and the questions for each owner. It judges goals, never people.
- Starts it
- Chief of staff
- Brings
- export, notes
- Gets
- 5 outputs
Inquiry handoff
Every new inquiry reaches the firm’s conflict review and the responsible attorney as one complete packet on the day it arrives, with each missing item named and someone assigned to supply it.
- Starts it
- Intake coordinator
- Brings
- document, pasted text
- Gets
- 7 outputs
Matter budget and status summary
The responsible partner sees one matter whole: scope, phases against their dates, the budget against fees to date and the projected total, a red, amber or green status with the rule behind it, risks and next actions with owners. Built from the time export and the matter plan, never a view on the merits.
- Starts it
- Matter lead
- Brings
- export, notes, document
- Gets
- 10 outputs
Matter closing checklist preparation
When the handling lawyer flags a matter for closure, the firm's closing checklist is filled from the matter record: final billing as recorded, open tasks, unreturned items and the handoffs billing and records must accept.
- Starts it
- Operations assistant
- Brings
- export, notes, document
- Gets
- 5 outputs
Matter coverage plan for absences
When leave or a staffing change takes someone away from active matters, the practice manager gets a draft coverage plan: a proposed cover for each matter, the attorney-confirmed dates in the absence, the access each cover needs and every handoff that is blocked. The practice lead and responsible attorneys decide.
- Starts it
- Practice manager
- Brings
- export, notes, document
- Gets
- 8 outputs
Prepares work for a lawyer. Not legal advice.
Matter-opening checklist preparation
Every accepted matter goes into setup and billing with one checklist: the fields each system needs, the terms that drive the first invoice, the documents on file and an owner for every open item.
- Starts it
- Firm administrator
- Brings
- document
- Gets
- 4 outputs
Outgoing work sign-off log
Every item that needs a responsible attorney's sign-off before it leaves the firm sits in one log, in the order it has to go out: waiting, approved or returned, with the attorney's own note. Anything close to its date with no decision is flagged first. The log tracks status and never touches the legal substance.
- Starts it
- Operations manager
- Brings
- export, notes, pasted text
- Gets
- 6 outputs
Pilot acceptance-test preparation
Go into every AI pilot with the test already written: the cases that matter, what good looks like for each and the rule your owner will use to decide.
- Starts it
- Pilot owner
- Brings
- notes, document
- Gets
- 4 outputs
Project handover readiness check
When a finished deliverable is ready for the team that will run it, the project manager brings one checklist against that team's own requirements: acceptance evidence, instructions, access, training, support owners and open items. The receiving owner accepts or names the conditions still to meet.
- Starts it
- Project manager
- Brings
- export, notes
- Gets
- 6 outputs
Project intake and capacity review
When a new initiative is proposed, the portfolio owner sees it scored on the business's own criteria beside the projects already committed, the delivery days it would use month by month, and what it would crowd out or push later. The owner accepts, defers or rejects it.
- Starts it
- Portfolio owner
- Brings
- export, notes, document
- Gets
- 6 outputs
Project lessons review
When a phase or a project ends, the project manager gets one blameless review: whether it achieved what it was for, how scope, schedule and budget moved and why, whether the success measures were the right ones, and practice changes for the team to choose, each with an owner and a follow-up date.
- Starts it
- Project manager
- Brings
- export, notes
- Gets
- 8 outputs
SOP exception capture
Turn what your most experienced person does with the awkward cases into an exception register for one procedure. Once the owner approves it, every colleague handles those cases the way your best person does.
- Starts it
- Operations lead
- Brings
- notes, document
- Gets
- 2 outputs
Weekly open-matter check
Every Monday the operations manager sees every open matter: which tasks are overdue, which have no owner, and which matters could not be checked at all. The managing partner gets one summary, and each responsible attorney gets a note that is drafted and ready for the manager to send.
- Starts it
- Operations manager
- Brings
- export, notes
- Gets
- 5 outputs