Q-Templates

Q-TemplatesTM— for TKO or Confluence, the quick and affordable solution for business procedures manuals, providing a way of working with documentation, a logical structure and hundreds of pre-written documents and spreadsheets ready for you to adopt or adapt.

The Q-Template is our rich resource for documenting small business. After our experience at IBM and on other projects, we felt that small business could benefit from the systems that big businesses use. Using the 'process view' philosophy now popularised in ISO 9001, we identified and charted 9 processes and 43 procedures typical of a small business.

Q-Templates integrate the following:

  • pages from on-line business manualHuman Resources, including a full team member manual, company culture and rules documents
  • Risk Management, including Occupational Health & Safety
  • Marketing, sales and measurement techniques taught by business coaches
  • Governance, planning and financial management
  • Mappings to the quality standard ISO 9001 and the occupational health and safety standard AS 4801, so that you can gain certification if you wish

Q-Template brochures, samples and presentations

About the Q-Template™ (PDFs open in pop-out Bumpbox windows)

Q-Template versions

The Q-Template is available in three versions, depending on the size and complexity of your business. See the comparison chart below for the features of each one. Here is how we suggest to use them:

  • The Q-Template Premier is for businesses with more than 15 team members. Guided by the template, start by analysing all of the workflows and communications in your business. Adapt the template's swimming lane charts and procedure documents to provide a complete business outline. This creates the structure of your procedures manual. Next, review and adopt, adapt or add the detailed support documents. Your table of contents will exactly match the structure of your business. This template includes 40 procedures with charts and over 150 pre-written documents and smart spresdsheets for you to review and adopt or adapt.
  • The Q-Template Pro is for businesses with about 5 – 15 team members. Guided by the template, start by analysing all of the workflows and communications in your business. Adopt or adapt the template's procedure documents to provide a complete business outline. This creates the structure of your procedures manual. Next, review and adopt, adapt or add the detailed support documents. Your table of contents will exactly match the structure of your business. This template includes 38 procedures and over 150 pre-written documents and smart spreadsheets for you to review and adopt or adapt.
  • The Q-Template Ezy is for businesses with up to 5 team members. Examine the business areas provided and adjust them if required. These make the structure of your procedures manual. Next, work on the detailed instructions and information in each business area. This template includes over 150 pre-written documents and smart spreadsheets for you to review and adopt or adapt.

Comparison chart

FeaturePremierProEzy
Level 1 business areas998
Level 2 business areas404035
Procedure documents showing workflow4038
Swimming lane charts showing workflow40
Pre-defined roles with descriptions6236
Activities in procedure documents pre-assigned to roles200145
Team member 'placeholder' records assigned to roles1210
Position 'place-holder' records assigned to roles12
Work Instructions & Information Documents868080
Work Instructions & Information Document suggestions444141
Pre-designed, easy to edit forms (easy to add your letterhead)656565
Word document templates for easy-to-create forms (easy to add your letterhead)222
Smart spreadsheets151515
ISO 9001 Ready (Quality Management)YesYes
AS 4801 Ready (OH&S)YesYes
ISO 14001 Ready (Environment)On requestOn request
Risk management summaryYesYesYes
Risk management suggestions throughoutYes