03 / THE WORKChoose your first Adelaide engagement
Start with the purchasing handover your team needs to improve. Compare a decision brief, a connection design and a bounded pilot. Delivery is remote, with your local process owner and IT contact.
01Scope the decision
Choose this when the purchasing handover is unclear or teams disagree about what should change.
First deliverable: A request-to-decision map, prioritised first scope and acceptance criteria.
What you bring: A redacted purchase request, its source record and known supplier-verification exceptions.
Owner: Your purchasing process owner accepts the scope; purchasing authority stays with your team.
Support boundary: No build or ongoing support is implied by the decision brief.
Discuss the first decision ↗Explore the delivery process ↗02Design the connection
Choose this when the handover is understood but staff re-key purchasing information between tools.
First deliverable: A source-to-record field map, exception path and approval specification.
What you bring: The authoritative records, sample fields, permission limits and a named IT contact.
Owner: Your system owner approves mappings; the purchasing owner accepts the exception and fallback rules.
Support boundary: Agree implementation and ongoing ownership separately from this design.
Discuss the connection ↗Explore systems integration ↗03Pilot and hand over
Choose this when one stable, approved workflow is ready for a bounded first implementation.
First deliverable: A tested workflow, operator runbook and an explicit ongoing-support decision.
What you bring: Representative test records, acceptance checks, a reviewer and the person who will operate it.
Owner: Your named operator accepts the handover; authorised people retain purchasing and supplier-change decisions.
Support boundary: Agree who monitors exceptions, can pause the trigger and owns rollback before release.
Discuss a bounded pilot ↗Explore controlled automation ↗