Process discovery · dependency mapping · fit-gap

Map your process backward from the result.

Start from what ships and let TRACEFRAME interrogate the rest: every required input without a source is an open question — what produces it? Answer them one by one and the map builds itself toward the start of the chain. Not a drawing. A dependency model that can prove it's complete.

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OPEN QUESTIONWhat produces "Verified bar stock"?
Needed by Saw blanks to length. Answer with a new process, link an existing output, or mark it an external supply — its own inputs become the next questions. When the question count hits zero, your map is closed.

Discovery → validation → gap → execution. One object model.

Every box is a database object — processes, inputs, outputs, variables, tools — with typed dependencies between them. That's why TRACEFRAME can do things a diagram never could.

01 · DISCOVER

Work backward

Name the end result. Answer "what produces this?" until there are no open questions left. Infinite nesting, swimlanes, conditional routing.

02 · VALIDATE

Prove it's closed

The logic engine flags unsourced required inputs, circular dependencies, broken branches, and overdue reviews — live, as you map.

03 · ANALYZE

Fit-gap & impact

Overlay a software capability catalog and read coverage straight off the map. Trace what breaks downstream of any change.

04 · OPERATE

Run it

Approve processes through draft → review → active, execute them as floor checklists with measurements, print QMS-style travelers.

Fit-gap analysis your ERP demo can't argue with.

Build a capability catalog for any system — Odoo, ProShop, NetSuite, your own product — once. Map it onto the discovered process and every step turns green, amber, or red. Native, configured, customization, third-party, or deliberately manual: the gap list is the scope of work.

Consultants reuse catalogs across every engagement. Sales reps overlay their product on a prospect's real process and demo against the truth. Export the traceability matrix to CSV when the meeting's done.

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71% weighted fit · ProShop ERP
Covered Receive & verify material Native
Covered CNC mill — Op 10 Configured
Partial Final inspection Customization
Manual Saw blanks to length By design
GAP Package & ship Scope item

Everything in the box

No modules, no add-ons. Both plans get the full toolset.

Backward discoveryOpen-questions frontier, external boundaries, tool/resource flags, multi-thread maps.
Visual canvasPan/zoom/pinch, multi-select, undo/redo, auto-arrange, swimlanes by owner, conditional TRUE/FALSE routing.
Open TableThe whole map as a data grid — search, filter, nest, CSV/JSON export, doc numbers and revisions.
Logic engineDead-end inputs, unconsumed outputs, circular dependencies, broken branches, overdue reviews.
Fit-gap & impactCapability catalogs, coverage overlay, weighted fit score, where-used tracing, traceability matrix export.
Dry-run simulatorStep the chain in dependency order with what-if variables before anything goes live.
Approvals & doc controlDraft → review → active, doc numbers, rev letters, review-due dates, read-and-understood sign-offs.
Execution modeRun active processes as checklists — timestamps, measurements, run history.
OutputsPrint-ready travelers, auto-SIPOC, work instructions, JSON import/export, API payload preview.

Pricing that fits on a sticky note

Per person, per month. Cancel anytime. Try everything in the demo first.

Demo

$0
  • Every feature, fully open
  • No account needed
  • Nothing is saved — session only
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User

$4 /user · month
  • Work solo with private files, or join a group with an invite code
  • Map, link, comment, simulate, execute
  • Apply catalogs shared by an admin
Start mapping
RUNS THE GROUP

Admin

$20 /admin · month
  • Your group's shared database
  • Author & distribute capability catalogs
  • Approvals, restores, file control, invites
  • Everything in User, plus control
Start a group

Questions

Why map backward?

Forward mapping requires already knowing the process — it's documentation. Backward mapping only requires knowing the outcome; the structure interrogates everything else. "This needs a packed order — who packs it, and what do they need?" is the interview script every discovery engagement runs. TRACEFRAME makes the open-question count your progress bar.

Can't I just do this in ChatGPT or Lucidchart?

An AI can draw your process and a diagram tool can make it pretty. Neither holds a validated dependency model that proves completeness, traces downstream impact, scores weighted fit against a capability catalog, or runs an approved process as a floor checklist with an audit trail. Pictures describe; models answer.

How do groups and solo accounts work?

An Admin creates a group — that's the shared database. They invite Users with a code, and everyone works in the same files: users map and edit, admins control file lifecycle, approvals, and membership. A User can also go solo with private files and the full mapper. One rule either way: capability catalogs for fit-gap analysis are authored only by Admins. Solo users import a catalog file an admin shares — so a team buys one Admin to build the catalog once, instead of every user rebuilding it from scratch.

Is my data locked in?

No. Full JSON export of any file at any time, plus CSV exports of objects, SIPOC charts, and fit-gap matrices. Your maps are yours.

What does the demo include?

The entire product with a seeded machine-shop example, running in your browser's memory. Close the tab and it's gone — which is the point.

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