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Procedure Program Development

Human-factored procedures, written with the people who use them, so work is done to current guidance instead of memory, and your program holds up under audit.

Why it matters

Culture is the hardest part

Procedures standardize how work gets done. But the most challenging and critical element of a sustainable procedure program is cultural: whether people trust the procedures enough to follow them.

That's why change management is built in from day one, and why intended users help set the writing level, expected skills, and content.

Procedure documents and guidelines

Our approach

The GUIDE methodology

Our own framework for procedure and program development.

Start with the end result

Define what success looks like before anything is written.

Build alignment

Bring affected personnel together so the product meets requirements and earns buy-in.

Human-factored writing

Follows Procedure Professionals Association (PPA) guidance, grounded in research on errors caused by how procedures are written.

Users at the table

The people who'll use the procedure help write it, so it matches real skills and responsibilities.

Change management built in

Accountability and sustainability planned from the start, not bolted on.

PPA-certified writers

Senior practitioners who have delivered repeatable, sustainable procedure programs.

Proof

Procedures that prevented violations

Case study · Hydro facility

Control room procedures built with operators

Operators helped define and validate every step. The result: procedures based on real-time set points, accepted by FERC.

$1M+potential fines avoided
Zeroviolations when procedures were followed
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Procedures your people will actually follow

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