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How we scope Retool projects to avoid budget overruns
Most budget overruns don’t come from development - they come from unclear scope. To avoid this, we focus on structure before building
Define must-have vs nice-to-have:
Separate core workflows from future improvements
Phase...
How we reduced manual ops time by 40% with a Retool workflow
Problem: The ops team handled order updates and returns manually across multiple tools. Tasks were repetitive, error-prone, and hard to track
Manual process: Data was copied between systems, statuses were updated by...
Most automation projects fail because they automate broken workflows
Automation is not optimization
Many teams try to automate processes that were never clearly defined. The result? Faster chaos
If a workflow is unclear, inconsistent, or full of exceptions, automation will only...
Why internal tools should be built for operators, not managers
Many internal tools are designed for reporting, not for daily work
Managers need visibility
Operators need speed
If a system looks great in a dashboard but slows down the person actually doing the work, it’s failing its...
