Absolute Boat Care 25 year anniversaryABC HOW TOABSOLUTE BOAT CARE · OPERATING COMPANION

THE OPERATING BRIDGE · PHASE 1

CAPTURE ONCE. RECONSTRUCT LESS.

The aim is not to eliminate timesheets. It is to move capture closer to the work and progressively build the records from that trace.

THE PHASE 1 CHOICE

WHERE DOES THE RECORD BEGIN?

CURRENT · RECONSTRUCT LATER
Timesheet

Linda/Pedro enter and reconstruct

Boat inventory sheet

Record manually

Missing evidence

Ask · walk-round · reconstruct

Duncan

Judges a reconstructed record

CAPTURE · BUILD FROM SOURCE
Timesheet

Photo + a few words/clicks against the Piece

Boat inventory

A few clicks

Materials

Select/click against the Piece

Missing capture

Visible exception

Duncan

Judges the accumulated trace

THE BEHAVIOURAL EXPERIMENT

ONE BOAT → SEVERAL WORKERS → SEVERAL PIECES → ONE WORKING PERIOD

01PIECE
02PHOTO
03FEW WORDS / CLICKS
04TIME
05MATERIAL
06NEXT PIECE
CRAFTLeave tiny traces as the work moves.

They do not write the monthly report. They preserve the observable change close to the moment.

LINDA + PEDROTest completeness and resolve exceptions.

The measure is how much they still had to chase, remember or reconstruct.

DUNCANJudges the answer and accumulated trace.

He receives what is known, its evidence and what remains uncertain.

THE CLEAN MEASURE

HOW MUCH RECONSTRUCTION WAS REQUIRED?

Select the state observed after one real working period.

COMPLETE RECONSTRUCTIONLinda/Pedro still rebuild the working period from paper, memory and conversations.

Phase 1 has not changed the operating behaviour yet.

FINISH CONDITION

DUNCAN CHALLENGES A PIECE.

The answer should show who worked, how long, what material, what evidence exists and what remains uncertain—without reconstructing the month from paper and memory.

ANSWER+TRACE+UNKNOWN

LINDA + PEDRO'S TEST

ANSWER THE SIX QUESTIONS FROM THE TRACE.

OPEN ALL SIX QUESTIONS
01Who worked during the period?02Which days, Projects and Jobs were involved?03How many hours did each person record?04What is missing, incomplete or awaiting validation?05What is Normal time, what is Extra time, and why?06Which anomalies require human judgement?
THE NEW PHASE 1 ENDPOINT
Does capture at source reduce what ABC has to reconstruct later?
PRACTISE CAPTURE TEST THE ANSWERS