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
- Format rigid: let authors focus on what matters, not fighting word processors
Automatic Start
stanhope 0.70.2
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
The copy/paste commands ("Automatic Start") do everything for you, but if you'd like to download, organize, and open things manually, here's how:
| Number | Title | Latest |
| EB-WI-0010 | Start a New Process Library |   |
The stanhope application is here:
stanhope 0.70.2
↘ Source code, and code documentation
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
Mac: Chromium is used to generate PDFs
Linux: Chromium is used to generate PDFs
The "assets" folder and template 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!
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.
