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Introduction

Tallyfy is a workflow automation platform. It helps you reduce routine work, see the status of tasks in real time, and maintain consistent quality through repeatable processes.

The three legs of the operations tripod

Three elements are critical for efficient, digitized operations, in this order:

  1. Documenting: Establish a single source of truth for process knowledge to prevent disorganized chaos.
  2. Tracking: Monitor who does what in real-time with automated reminders. This saves time otherwise spent on status updates and meetings, ensuring everyone follows the defined process.
  3. Improving: Enable easy continuous improvement and automate steps with AI or scripts. This leads to increasingly efficient operations and builds a competitive advantage.

These needs aren’t unique to Tallyfy; they’re common sense. You can’t improve a process that isn’t documented or followed.

Tallyfy is the workflow automation app designed for non-technical people that addresses all three needs. We believe repeatable processes are more valuable than one-off projects because processes are standardized, predictable, automatable, and improvable. Projects lack these qualities, which is why project management tools often fail for process-driven work.

Why workflow automation matters

Workflow automation eliminates time-wasting manual tasks and reduces errors. Without it, businesses often face inconsistent processes, poor visibility into work status, and challenges maintaining quality standards. Tallyfy provides a structured, transparent system for smooth work handoffs, consistent standards, and clear accountability. This frees teams to focus on higher-value activities while routine processes run efficiently.

Platform overview

Tallyfy helps you:

  • Document your processes clearly.
  • Launch standard workflows easily.
  • Track task progress live.
  • Automate repetitive steps using rules.

Handling smaller, specific processes

Many vital business processes involve specific team or task workflows that lack dedicated software. You might manage these informally via email, spreadsheets, or chat, often because they seem too small for IT to prioritize.

Tallyfy allows business users to manage these processes directly. You can:

  • Quickly document specific processes as reusable templates.
  • Launch and track them consistently, adding structure to work that was previously disorganized.
  • Automate steps where possible to save time.

This self-service approach, supported by IT when needed, reduces wasted effort and the risk of teams using unapproved tools (“shadow IT”). Tallyfy brings necessary visibility and standards to these everyday workflows.

Key benefits

Tallyfy helps organizations by:

  • Saving time: Reduce routine administrative work.
  • Controlling quality: Maintain consistent standards for all processes.
  • Showing real-time status: See who is assigned what and track progress live.
  • Automating handovers: Pass tasks between people smoothly.
  • Improving continuously: Make processes better using data and feedback.

Tallyfy’s unique approach

Compared to other tools, Tallyfy focuses on:

  • Repeatable processes, not just one-off projects.
  • Simple conditional logic (“if this, then that”), not complex flowcharts.
  • Workflows centered on tasks, not just data storage.
  • Integrating documentation with automation.

Getting started with Tallyfy

The basic steps in Tallyfy involve:

  1. Create or import a template
  2. Launch processes from your template
  3. Track progress in real time
  4. Improve your template based on feedback and data

For the best results, consider starting in phases:

  1. Document and centralize. Document your main processes as Tallyfy templates, using AI features or importing existing documents. Centralize your standard operating procedures (SOPs) here.
  2. Launch and track. Launch key templates as active processes. Track task completion and introduce your team to completing tasks in Tallyfy.
  3. Automate and improve. Explore automations to streamline workflows further. Use feedback and analytics data (if available) to continuously refine your templates.

Starting with documentation provides a solid foundation before introducing tracking and automation. This phased approach helps smooth the transition for your team.

1. Create or upload a template

Templates are central to Tallyfy. You can:

  • Build a template from scratch.
  • Use Tallyfy AI to generate a template draft.
  • Import procedures you already have documented.

There are two main types of templates:

Here’s an example of a customer onboarding template:

Customer Onboarding Template Example

2. Launch processes from templates

After creating a template, you launch specific instances called processes:

  1. Choose your template.
  2. Give the specific process instance a clear, descriptive name (e.g., “Onboarding for Samsung”, not just “Customer Onboarding”).
  3. Enter any required kick-off information.
  4. Assign relevant people.
  5. Launch the process.

Using clear, specific names makes processes easy to identify later.

3. Track progress

Tallyfy automatically handles several tracking aspects:

  • Assigns tasks to the correct people based on the template.
  • Sends relevant email updates.
  • Tracks task completion status.
  • Manages follow-ups and task handoffs between steps.

All participants can view the process status visually:

Process Tracking View

Individual tasks show detailed information and action buttons:

Task View

4. Continuously improve templates

Tallyfy facilitates improving repeatable processes over time:

  • Collect feedback directly within tasks and processes using comments.
  • Monitor task durations to identify bottlenecks.
  • Easily update templates with improvements.
  • Make lasting changes to standard procedures, preventing repeated mistakes.

Best practices for template creation

Follow these tips when building your templates.

Procedure template best practices

Start with a basic outline

Begin by listing the main steps of the process. You can add details and refine later. Tallyfy AI can help create an initial draft:

Create a template using Tallyfy AI

Write clear step descriptions

Start each step description with an action verb (e.g., Send, Review, Upload) and state the required action clearly.

  • Good: “Email the estimate to the customer for approval.”
  • Needs improvement: “Customer estimate handling.”

Add helpful media

Include images and videos in step descriptions to clarify complex instructions:

Insert Media

Use the right task types

Select the appropriate type (Task, Approve/Reject, Expiring Step, Email Draft, Auto-Send Email) for each step based on its purpose:

Approval Tasks

Assign clear responsibility

Specify exactly who needs to complete each task:

Assign Task

Set realistic deadlines

Define task due dates based on either the process start date or the completion of previous tasks:

Specify Deadline

Use automation rules

Apply conditional logic (“if this, then that” rules) to make processes adapt to different situations automatically:

Automation Rules

Plan how to collect data

Use kick-off forms to gather necessary information before a process begins:

Kick-off Form

Document template best practices

Tallyfy document templates create forms used within the platform. They are not primarily designed for downloading.

Add fields to your document

Click New Field to add different types of form fields, such as:

  • Short text: For names, titles, IDs.
  • Long text: For descriptions, notes.
  • Date: For deadlines, milestones.
  • And many others.
Add new field

Reuse existing fields

Use the Existing fields option to add fields you’ve already defined in other templates or forms, ensuring consistency:

Select existing field

Tallyfy vs. traditional tools

Tallyfy offers key advantages over common alternatives:

Vs. document tools like Word, Google Docs, wikis

  • Integrate tasks directly within documentation.
  • Offer reusable content blocks (snippets).
  • Include automatic content translation.
  • Track changes with built-in version control.

Vs. spreadsheet tools

  • Provides structured workflow management.
  • Avoids issues with managing multiple file versions.
  • Offers controlled access based on roles and permissions.
  • Enables process automation and real-time tracking.

Now that you understand the basics of Tallyfy Pro, learn how to create the templates that power your processes.

How To > Build effective forms

Tallyfy’s form-building system integrates data collection with workflow automation allowing users to create dynamic forms that verify submissions track progress enable communication and automatically generate documents while connecting directly to downstream processes.

Pro > Essentials

Tallyfy streamlines process documentation through three template types: Procedures for step-by-step workflows Documents for standardized forms and Forms for simple data collection enabling consistent execution across organizations.

Documenting > Templates

Templates serve as reusable blueprints that standardize business processes by defining consistent steps structures and rules which can be launched repeatedly to ensure work quality and maintain organizational knowledge.