Beautiful Processes Without Waste.
Easy Button Markup Language (EBML)
- Single-purpose: software dedicated to eliminating waste in process writing
- General enough: suitable for writing any process
- Consistent: output branding is centrally controlled for 100% consistency
- Visually flexible: custom templates can mold the look/feel, globally
- Structure consistent: authors focus on process, not word processors
Automatic Start
stanhope 0.93.4
Execute this command in a folder to start a Process Library:
When you're done editing the spreadsheet, save it as a CSV file.
Convert DocumentList.xlsx → DocumentList.csv
The next command turns your CSV file into a Process Library!
Manual Start
| Number | Title | Latest |
| EB-WI-0010 | Start a New Process Library |   |
stanhope 0.93.4
The "assets" folder and "DocumentList.xlsx" spreadsheet are here:
EBML Cheat Sheet
The link above takes you to a page that gives examples of Easy Button Markup Language (EBML) and the corresponding output. Bookmark it!
Try asking stanhope for EBML help from your terminal:
./stanhope --ebml-help
Details: Latest stanhope
stanhope 0.93.4
Short help in your terminal:
./stanhope -h
Long help in your terminal:
./stanhope --help
↘ Read the docs, including source code!
↘ Test results for this version of stanhope
↘ Process Libraries used in regression tests
Stanhope is free, open-source software distributed under the GPL 3.0 license.
No warranty is provided; download and use are subject to the license terms.
Windows: Google Chrome is used to generate PDFs
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Mac & Linux: Chrome (or Chromium) is used to generate PDFs
Easy Button Work Instructions
Processes that describe how to make processes, made with the process engine described in these processes, following themselves to make themselves 🤯
| Number | Title | Latest |
| EB-WI-0010 | Start a New Process Library | |
| EB-WI-0020 | Revise and Publish a Process | |
| EB-WI-0030 | Verify Requirements with a Procedure | |
| EB-WI-0040 | Manage and Maintain a Library | |
| EB-WI-0100 | Customize the Visual Style of a Process Library | |
Ideal for isolated network systems!
Although Chromium-based web browsers are invoked to convert HTML to PDF, no internet connection is required.
Stanhope is ideally suited for "LAN in a can" and virtualized environments, as it is portable and works offline.
For Humans, By Humans
Strativus Group knows that a leader succeeds when their team succeeds. The stanhope engine gives your team their Easy Button so they can focus their precious time on what matters, at work or outside of work.
You and your team aren't robots.
Read about our People-Focused Leadership philosophy in the book Leadership Is About People by Andrew Robertson.
No AI tools are used in developing stanhope.
