How a build runs.

One workflow at a time, until your team runs it.

  1. Assessment

    We map it and ask if the change is worth making.

    Job to invoiceMapped
    1. RequestPhone or web
    2. Inbox23 unread
    3. HoursPaper timesheet
    4. Sign-offDan onlyWaiting 4 d
    5. InvoiceTyped up Friday

  2. Scope

    Acceptance and access agreed before any price.

    ScopeOne page
    Done means
    • Every request opens a job
    • Hours clocked on site
    • Invoice drafted at sign-off
    AccessInbox, job sheet
    Stays humanSign-off and pricing
    Dan WhitakerAgreed · 2 Oct

  3. Build

    Close to your users and systems, on screen early.

    Marlow4 open
    Open jobsDraftLive
    JobCustomerStepStatus
    JB-4127Grace MensahSwitchboard upgradeJB-4127Sign-offWaiting 4 d
    JB-4131Tomasz NowakFault call-outJB-4131BookedThu 09:00
    JB-4138Hannah ScottKitchen rewireJB-4138On siteDay 3
    JB-4142Liam O'ConnorEV chargerJB-4142InvoicedPaid 1 d

  4. Test

    Failure cases found before your people meet them.

    What happens when this fails?It stops at a named step and a person decides.

    ChecksBefore launch
    • Hours match the site clock-in
    • Duplicate request merged
    • JB-4127 hours over the quoteHuman approval
    • Invoice matches the price list
    3 passed · 1 to a person
    JB-4127Check failedApproved by a personDan Whitaker

  5. Handover

    Everything your team needs to own it.

    RunbookJob to invoice
    OwnerOffice manager
    Alerts#job-desk
    AccessInbox, job sheet
    If it failsIt stops and asks Dan
    Handed overMarlow

  6. Support

    A written scope, start point and response time.

    #job-deskMon 3 Nov
    1. Mei ChenMon 09:14An invoice looks off
      Invoice INV-0412JB-4138
    2. Rhythm09:52Fixed and rerunLogged in the runbook

Three lenses

One offer, three readers.

For leaders

Decision
Build, pilot or leave it alone.
Cost
A price once the scope is agreed.
Owner
One accountable sponsor on your side.

For engineers

Architecture
Trade-offs in the open. A better idea wins.
Failure case
Shown with the step a person keeps.
Testing
Assumptions you can inspect.

For the workflow owner

Monday
The manual steps go. Your judgment stays.
Next
Show me where it stalls.

Team sessions

Half a day, one workflow worth building.

Format
A practical working session.
Audience
Leaders, engineers and the workflow owner.
You leave with
One suitable workflow and its delivery path.

Talks

  1. What happens when this fails?
  2. When a simple rule beats an AI agent
  3. Turning a workflow bottleneck into a working system
Enquire about a team session

Speaker kit

A bio and the mark for your programme.

Rhythm Shahriar turns messy business workflows into software people actually use. He is an entrepreneur, a tech architect and the co-founder of FastFlowUp. He designs the system and builds it too, so the plan and the product never drift apart.

Rhythm, the primary markDownload the mark
Medium and long bios

Medium

Rhythm Shahriar turns messy business workflows into software and AI systems people actually use. He is an entrepreneur, a tech architect and the co-founder of FastFlowUp. In 19+ years in tech he has worked with many clients. Square, DIRECTV, Epson, AT&T and M&T Bank are a few of them. He designs the system and builds it with the team, often working right beside them. On stage he starts with the business problem and shows the screen early. Then he asks every system one question before it goes live: what happens when this fails?

Long

Rhythm Shahriar turns messy business workflows into software and AI systems people actually use. He is an entrepreneur, a tech architect and the co-founder of FastFlowUp. Building its products taught him the hard parts first hand: what to build first, what to leave out and what a team has to own once the engineers leave. In 19+ years in tech he has led software teams at Informa TechTarget and Industry Dive. He has worked with many clients. Square, DIRECTV, Epson, AT&T and M&T Bank are a few of them. He designs the system and builds it too. When a project needs it, he works inside the client team. What he makes has to work on a busy Monday morning, not only in a demo. On stage he talks as if to one sharp colleague. First the problem and what it costs the business. Then the decision behind the build. Then the working system, with its failure case in plain view. He says whether an example is a demo, a pilot or a live system. He also says where a person still makes the call. Every talk asks one question: what happens when this fails? And every talk ends the same way: here is what I would do next.

Course

A pilot cohort, later. Join the interest list 

Bring oneworkflow

Discuss a workflow