DT011
Consolidate digitized processes onto a shared workflow platform to expand coverage while controlling data management and audit complexity.
CyberTRIZ analysis · Process contradiction DT011 · one of 8,235 worked contradictions published by CyberTRIZ.AI
Regulations
Greater Process Digitization Coverage vs. Simpler Maintenance Footprint
Business Context. Digitizing more manual processes reduces paperwork and improves traceability, but each newly digitized process adds another application to the enterprise's maintenance footprint, increasing long-term support burden.
Process TRIZ Resolution. Rather than building a separate application for each digitized process, organizations should digitize new processes as configurable workflows within a shared workflow platform, expanding digitization coverage without proportionally expanding the number of separately maintained applications.
Applicable TRIZ Principles
Principle 6 (Universality) digitizes new processes as configurable workflows within a shared platform.
Principle 5 (Merging) consolidates what would otherwise be separate applications into a single platform.
Principle 33 (Homogeneity) keeps the underlying maintenance model consistent as digitization coverage grows.
Expected Outcome
Broad digitization coverage
Simplified maintenance footprint
Lower long-term support cost
Faster digitization of new processes
Decision Indicators
Each digitized process runs on a separate, independently maintained application.
IT support burden has grown proportionally with digitization coverage.
No shared workflow platform exists to consolidate digitized processes.
Maintenance costs threaten to outpace the value of further digitization.
Digitization initiatives have slowed due to maintenance capacity constraints.
If several of these indicators are present, the contradiction is likely active and the Process TRIZ resolution above should be evaluated.