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Turn Workflow Audit Findings Into a Backlog: A Small YAML Format for Risks and Opportunities

Audit reports tend to die as PDFs. If you are the engineer who will build what the audit recommends, ask for the findings in a format you can diff, sort and turn into tickets. Here is the small format I use for turning AI workflow audit findings into a backlog . Disclosure: I run NxFlowAI, an automation agency. Use this with any auditor. The format workflow : enquiry-to-booking baseline :…

The article from Dev.to suggests converting audit report findings into a backlog using a small YAML format. The author, who runs NxFlowAI, an automation agency, recommends this approach to make audit findings more actionable and easier to manage. The YAML format includes details such as the audit step, type (opportunity or risk), scores for frequency, pain, rules, data readiness, and reversibility, as well as recommendations and dependencies.

This format allows for diffing, sorting, and turning the findings into tickets, making it easier for engineers to address the audit recommendations.

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