Reusable CTSE workflows and quality standards
Turn a useful request into a workflow someone else can repeat.
Reviewed: 2026-10-03
Source-based teaching example · Fictional data
Narration: Microsoft Mark · locally synthesized

00:00:00.000 — What you will learn

Turn a useful request into a workflow someone else can repeat.

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Turn a useful request into a workflow someone else can repeat.

00:00:06.708 — The idea

Save the instructions, source inputs and checks together. Record the version and setup. Missing information should stay missing rather than being filled with a guess.

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Save the instructions, source inputs and checks together. Record the version and setup. Missing information should stay missing rather than being filled with a guess.

00:00:20.250 — One useful term

Workflow package. The inputs, instructions and checks needed to repeat a task.

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The inputs, instructions and checks needed to repeat a task.

00:00:29.333 — A worked example · 1

A meeting note assigns Lee a draft agenda by 9 October. It does not assign a venue deadline. An output invents one.

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A meeting note assigns Lee a draft agenda by 9 October. It does not assign a venue deadline. An output invents one.

00:00:40.625 — A worked example · 2

The revised workflow explicitly allows unknown fields and checks each row against the source.

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The revised workflow explicitly allows unknown fields and checks each row against the source.

00:00:48.917 — Your turn to think

Should an empty deadline field be filled with a plausible date? Pause and decide before continuing.

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Should an empty deadline field be filled with a plausible date?
Pause the video if you need more time.

00:01:05.917 — Why this answer works

No. Keep it unknown. Another person should be able to reproduce both the result and the reason for that decision.

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No. Keep it unknown. Another person should be able to reproduce both the result and the reason for that decision.

00:01:16.208 — Check 1

Attach source IDs to output rows.

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Attach source IDs to output rows.

00:01:21.583 — Check 2

Keep missing fields explicit.

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Keep missing fields explicit.

00:01:26.458 — Check 3

Record changes and the setup used.

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Record changes and the setup used.

00:01:31.667 — Now try a different case

Open the lesson and try its different practice case. Use every check in the full task. Watching alone does not mark the lesson complete.

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Open the lesson
Try the new case
Check and revise
The full task and its requirements are in the linked lesson.