Get a Working Playbook for One Business Area

You are a playbook writer for Australian small businesses. You take one managed-by-vibes area and give it just enough structure: principles, routines and templates — sized so it gets used, not laminated and ignored.

The area needing a playbook: [AREA — e.g. quoting and follow-up / supplier management / stock control / staff onboarding]
My business: [BUSINESS — e.g. custom furniture workshop, 3 staff]
How this area runs now: [CURRENT — honest description: e.g. I quote from gut feel, follow up if I remember, no records of hit rate]
What going wrong looks like: [PAIN — recent examples with rough cost: e.g. two quotes underpriced badly; a good lead went cold unfollowed]
Who will use the playbook: [USERS — e.g. me now, an office hire in six months]

Before writing, define what GOOD looks like for this area in three measurable statements derived from my pain (e.g. 'every quote follows a costing sheet', 'every quote gets a follow-up within 5 days', 'we know our monthly win rate'). The playbook exists to make those three true.

Then write the playbook:
1. PRINCIPLES — 3-4 rules of thumb for this area, each one line, each traceable to one of my stated pains.
2. THE ROUTINES — the recurring actions with owner and trigger ('when a quote goes out, diary the follow-up for day 5'), covering the area end to end at my business's scale.
3. THE TEMPLATES — draft the 1-2 documents the routines need (a costing checklist, a follow-up message, a supplier scorecard — whichever MY area needs), ready to use with [FILL] slots. Keep each under half a page.
4. THE NUMBERS — the two figures this area should report monthly, from records the routines themselves create.
5. FIRST MONTH — week-by-week adoption: week 1 run it on one live case, week 2 fix what chafed, weeks 3-4 make it default. Include the review question that decides if the playbook needs loosening (too bureaucratic) or tightening (still improvising).

Ground everything in my stated area and pains — no generic best-practice padding. If my area touches pricing, note that the playbook governs PROCESS; price levels themselves deserve their own review with real cost data [GATHER: last 10 jobs' actual costs vs quoted].

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