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Keeping a bespoke tool maintainable: documentation, tests and handoverTechnical Guidance
A script, a spreadsheet process or a small internal app that one person built works until that person isn't there. Here is what to write down, test and hand over so someone else can keep it running.
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Script, low-code flow or bespoke application: choosing how to automateBusiness Advice
Before you pick a tool to automate a repeated task, a handful of plain questions about volume, systems, ownership and failure usually point to the right route. Here they are, with the three routes compared.
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Proving an approach before committing to it: what a useful technical prototype looks likeBusiness Advice
A prototype is worth paying for when it answers one risky question quickly. Here's how to choose the question, decide when it's finished and judge what a supplier hands back.