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When Should a Workflow Use Scoring?

Decide when adding scoring improves insight and accountability—and when it simply adds noise.

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Written by Lauren Baird
Updated this week

Primary Role: Workflow Manager - Admin
Learning Focus: Apply
Where: Workflow Editor & Mobilize AI


🎯 Why This Matters

Scoring is powerful when it drives decisions. When it doesn’t, it adds friction and confusion. The goal is clarity, not complexity.


📝 What Custom Workflow Scoring Is

Scoring helps you:

  • Compare results across workflows, sites, or time

  • Prioritize follow-up or corrective action

  • Quickly interpret outcomes at scale

Scoring should support decisions, not replace judgment or capture every nuance.


Example of Custom Scoring of a Layered Process Audit.


🛠️ Use Scoring When…

Scoring makes sense when a workflow:

  • Evaluates conditions or performance (inspections, assessments)

  • Needs a clear signal (acceptable vs. unacceptable)

  • Drives prioritization of review or action

If you plan to compare results or track improvement, scoring may be appropriate.


⚠️ Avoid Scoring When…

Scoring adds little value when a workflow:

  • Is primarily observational or narrative

  • Is used for awareness or early reporting

  • Captures one-off or highly variable situations

In these cases, scoring can distract from the real purpose of the workflow.


What Good Looks Like

Effective scoring:

  • Aligns clearly to a program goal

  • Is easy to explain to users

  • Produces results that are actually reviewed and acted on

If no one uses the score, it doesn’t belong.


👉 Quick Decision Check
Ask: “What will I do differently based on this score?”
If there’s no clear answer, don’t add scoring.


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