The Five-Minute Exception Ledger
Use an exception ledger to decide whether to automate, standardize, or keep a human checkpoint.
What is an exception ledger? A short log of every time the routine path breaks: missing input, decision owner, time cost, and future rule. It turns anecdotes into automation design evidence. What does the exception pattern mean? The ledger decides whether exceptions are design work, stop conditions, or reasons to delay. A teammate says: We cannot automate because exceptions happen. Use when a single scary exception is blocking a high-value routine path. Your line Let's count exceptions for two days and classify whether they need a rule, a route, or a human decision. Arguing from memory instead of evidence. It…
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