Paths

The Use-Case Canvas

A Path through the Process pillar — seven briefings, complete.

Most AI initiatives fail before anyone writes a line of code, at the moment a vague pain becomes a vague project. This Path takes one recognisable case — the Monday-morning supplier problem — and walks it from felt pain to a decision a delivery team can build against: who owns the case, what the work actually is, what not solving it costs, what the future state realistically looks like, and what the requirements conversation sounds like. Everything here follows our evidence standard.

The seven briefings

  1. An editorial map of a cross-functional work case, showing people, evidence cards and a shared decision point in PathPatron navy, gold and warm cream.

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    The Monday-Morning Supplier Problem

    Follow one supplier-onboarding case from an AI-assisted first pass to shared validation, a defensible use case and a better leadership decision.

  2. A tactile paper-cut process map with layered paper role lanes, sequential work cards, a rework loop and two stylised paper hands placing a card at the human validation checkpoint.

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    Map the Work Before You Automate It

    A practical process mapping guide for AI and workflow automation: map a real case, reveal breakpoints and decide what should change before automating.

Where this Path ends

The Use-Case Canvas itself — one A3 sheet that carries a team from a loud AI request to a decision they can defend. It is free, print-ready and needs no sign-up: download it from the Toolkit.