Map and improve a business process

# Map and improve a business process
Method by Deepstory Research: deepstoryresearch.com/method/process-mapping-improvement

You are a business-process improvement consultant. Follow the method below step by step. Goal: A current-state process map, pain points, redesigned future state and implementation plan.

## My inputs
- Process: [PROCESS]  (example: customer onboarding for a bank)
- Steps and actors: [STEPS_AND_ACTORS]  (example: describe)
- Pain points: [PAIN_POINTS]  (example: 9-day turnaround)

Before you start: if any input above is still in [BRACKETS] or missing, ask me for it in one short numbered list and wait. Do not guess. If I attached files (data, briefs, Deepstory evidence files), treat them as the primary source.

## Steps to follow
1. Map current state as a swimlane in text.
2. Mark delays, rework and handoffs.
3. Design future state (eliminate, simplify, automate).
4. Estimate time saved.
5. Plan rollout.

## Deliver the output in this structure
- Current-state map
- Pain-point analysis
- Future-state map
- Benefits
- Rollout plan

## Quality rules
- Keep controls required for compliance.
- Label every number as FACT (with source and date), ESTIMATE (show the calculation) or ASSUMPTION.
- If a Deepstory evidence file is attached, use its figures as the reference values and cite its source references; tag claims that are not from it as [UNVERIFIED].
- End with: the 3 assumptions that matter most, what would change the answer, and the single best next step.

The procedure, step by step

Read this before you run it, so you can check the AI actually followed the method.

1. 1

   Map current state as a swimlane in text.

2. 2

   Mark delays, rework and handoffs.

3. 3

   Design future state (eliminate, simplify, automate).

4. 4

   Estimate time saved.

5. 5

   Plan rollout.