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Standard Operating Procedures
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Standard operating procedures = short written steps for work that repeats — deploys, incidents, onboarding — so the team doesn't improvise when the clock is loud.
Example
The restaurant opening checklist lives on a clipboard because memory fails when the door unlocks at eleven. Guests were already seated when the new cook ran the sauce steps off the card - same as a recipe when you can't invent under pressure.
Note Relationships
| Relationship | Wikilink | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| contradicts | Adaptability | when the script can't handle the novel case the runbook never saw |
| extends | Build a Reliable Default | SOPs are shared defaults |
| extends | Systems Thinking | Written steps are one visible part of the loop |
| extends | Preparedness | Write the steps before the emergency |
| implements | Weekly Review Checklists | Checklists are SOPs for review |
