Playscript Procedures are written documents that spell out how
an activity flow (process) proceeds from one step to the next. They
get their name from actual play scripts, where the lines in the play
are presented sequentially with actors shown on the left side of a
page and their corresponding lines indented to the right. With
Playscript Procedures, the steps for performing a task are presented
in sequential order (numbered), with the person performing a step
shown on the left side of the page and the action required to
perform that step shown indented to the right.
In many ways the Playscript format IS like a flowchart. On the chart
the flow lines, running from left to right, indicate the sequence of
each action. In Playscript, the actions are listed in sentences
arranged in time sequence. Like a Graham Process Map, a
Playscript Procedure is a plan for teamwork. It shows WHAT is
happening in a process step by step with emphasis on who does the
work as it flows from one person to another.