Current and Future states
Oroko can represent different variants of the same process.
The two main process states are Current State and Future State.
Current State
Section titled “Current State”Use Current State to document the process as it operates today.
This gives the team a shared baseline before changes are proposed.
Future State
Section titled “Future State”Use Future State to describe a proposed way of working.
A Future State can have its own steps and connections, so improvements can be designed without overwriting the Current State.
Why keep them separate?
Section titled “Why keep them separate?”Separating the states makes it easier to:
- understand what exists today;
- explain what is changing;
- compare structural differences;
- discuss improvements before they become the new operating model.
Oroko’s canonical process format stores Current and Future states as separate process variants rather than as labels on individual steps.