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Task Design Canvas

Define how work gets done by specifying roles, inputs, outputs, sources, and approvals in one repeatable unit.

O-D-OPS-TDC

Task Design Canvas

Define how work gets done by specifying roles, inputs, outputs, sources, and approvals in one repeatable unit.

O-D-OPS-TDC

Introduction

Work Package Design is where design, operations, and experience converge. It transforms abstract transformation goals into concrete, designable units of work that can be implemented, measured, and improved.

Purpose

Design the atomic unit where humans and AI collaborate

Output

Work Package Canvas, Sequence Diagram

Who’s Involved

Process owners, solution architects, UX designers, L&D leads

Duration

2-4 hours per WorkPackage

Phase

Design

Lens

Integration

Steps

  1. Identify the artifact/output this WorkPackage produces

  2. Define human roles and AI agents involved

  3. Map required inputs and sources

  4. Specify decision points and approvals

  5. Design the interaction pattern and experience

  6. Document in Work Package Canvas

  7. Create sequence diagram showing flow

  8. Add to Work Package Catalog

Template

Get the collaborative templates we use with clients

Skip the blank page. Every Orbit Method tool has a working canvas behind it: structured, labelled and ready to fill in with your own organisation. We’re preparing a sample set as FigJam files. Subscribe and we’ll send it as soon as it’s ready.

We’ll email you when the sample lands, plus template updates and new episodes. Unsubscribe anytime.

Get the collaborative templates we use with clients

Skip the blank page. Every Orbit Method tool has a working canvas behind it: structured, labelled and ready to fill in with your own organisation. We’re preparing a sample set as FigJam files. Subscribe and we’ll send it as soon as it’s ready.

We’ll email you when the sample lands, plus template updates and new episodes. Unsubscribe anytime.

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©2026 Orbit Method™

By Shaped + SIS Decisions + Milpress

©2026 Orbit Method™

By Shaped + SIS Decisions + Milpress