SOP Creator

How to complete SOP Creator

An SOP earns its keep only if a teammate can follow it cold and get the result you would. This turns knowledge living in your head into a repeatable procedure that survives your day off.

1. Pick a task done often enough, or risky enough, to be worth writing down.
2. Lay it out as numbered steps in the exact order performed, one action each.
3. Add the why for any non-obvious step, plus screenshots or example values.
4. Have someone who has never done it run the draft, then fix wherever they stall.
5. Note the owner, last-updated date, and where the doc lives.

Tips

• Link tools and credentials inline so no one hunts for them.
• Spell out decision points ('if X do Y, else Z') instead of assuming context.
• Store it where work happens, like the wiki or repo, not a buried file.

What counts as done

A colleague completes the task correctly using only your SOP, without asking you questions.