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TABLE 5-15: ELEMENTS OF AN EVENT LOG

                 Element                     Its function                             Example


              Case identifier       Links events to a single case.            Request number 4582.

                                        The name of the step
                  Activity                                                          Data review.
                                             performed.


                                   When the step occurred, or its
               Timestamp                                                        2026-06-05 10:30.
                                            start and end.

                                     The person or system that              The planning team, or the
                 Resource
                                            performed it.                         extraction tool.

                                                                           Accepted, rejected, or needs
                 Outcome               The result of the step.
                                                                                    completion.


         TABLE 5-16: INDICATORS FOR MEASURING A WORKFLOW

                  Indicator                 A simple method                        What it reveals

                                                                              How quickly the result is
                 Cycle time         Delivery time minus start time.
                                                                                       reached.


                                     The sum of minutes of actual
                Touch time                                                    The direct human effort.
                                                   work.

                                     Returned cases divided by all         Work that did not succeed the
                Rework rate
                                                  cases.                              first time.

                                        Cases accepted first time
              First-pass yield                                             The quality of the first output.
                                              divided by all.


                                    Errors after delivery divided by           Errors that reached the
             Error leakage rate
                                                 all cases.                          beneficiary.

                                      The cost of people and tools
              Cost per output                                                   The economic value.
                                                 per case.

                                        Cases carried out by the              Whether the workflow is
               Adoption rate
                                           approved method.                        actually usable.
















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