# How We Work — From First Workflow to Connected Operations

> Start with a prototype, put a scoped workflow into daily use, and expand into connected operations. Ciridae operates and improves the system with your team.

How we work

## Build the system. Put it to work. Keep improving.

Each Ciridae pod pairs expert engineers with deployment strategists. We define the objective with your team, build alongside your operators, and stay with the work after launch.

[Talk to our team](/contact) [Follow the build](#first-build)

- Engineers

  Build and maintain the system.

- Deployment strategists

  Connect business objectives to daily use.

- Your operators

  Set the rules. Judge the results.

Before the clock starts

### Choose the work worth changing.

- The objective

  The operating result you want to improve.

- The first workflow

  The people, records and decisions it depends on.

- The baseline

  How the work runs today and how we’ll judge progress.

Bring the people who know the work, relevant data, and the decisions the workflow depends on. Together, we choose a useful first scope.

The clock starts on site. We agree access, scope and prerequisites before building. Each milestone expands on the work already in place.

How we work

### From one workflow to your operating system.

Start with [takeoffs](/industries/construction#workflows), [scheduling](/industries/field-service#workflows) or [procurement](/industries/distribution#workflows). Build from there.

**3 days** Working prototype

#### See it work on your data.

We build a prototype on your data and test it with the people who do the work.

- People

  Built with your team

- Work

  A prototype on your own work

- Knowledge

  Your raw working data

01 / 03

A working prototype your team can test against the real job.

**3 weeks** Live workflow

#### Put one workflow to work.

Connected to your data, steps and approvals. In daily use with your team.

- People

  Your rules. Your approvals.

- Work

  One workflow in production

- Knowledge

  A model of the workflow

02 / 03

A connected workflow, with people using it and reviewing the results.

**3 months** Operating system

#### Connect more of the business.

More workflows share records, rules and human controls. We build around your priorities.

- People

  People run the system

- Work

  Connected, automated workflows

- Knowledge

  Shared business knowledge

03 / 03

Connected operations. A foundation for the next improvement.

Your first workflow sets the foundation. The scope grows with the work. [Talk to our team](/contact)

After launch / Keep improving

### The value compounds.

Each new workflow builds on the data, integrations and rules already in place. We operate, maintain and improve the system with your team.

1. 01 **Operate**

   Support the people using the system. Keep the work moving.

2. 02 **Measure**

   Review adoption and results against the objective.

3. 03 **Improve**

   Refine the workflow. Choose the next change worth making.

Put the next improvement to work

You retain access to your application source, data and infrastructure-as-code throughout the engagement. Your people set business rules and approvals; Ciridae operates and improves the software with them.

[Explore the system](/os)

### Start with a conversation.

Tell us about the work you want to change. We’ll discuss the objective, where to start, and what a first build could look like.

[Talk to our team](/contact) [Explore the possibilities](/industries/any-industry)