Walkthrough

A shop is three documents that should describe one sale.

We treat the storefront, the payment capture, and the fulfilment record as the same event. The walkthrough is how we prove whether they are.

Person at a shop counter with a notebook and a card reader nearby
  1. Name the paths

    The scoping note lists the storefront, the payment stack, and the warehouse or 3PL. We also name guest versus account, and whether a marketplace sits in the middle. Paths we will not walk are written down, not implied.

  2. Sample live sessions

    We complete and observe real checkouts in the period you name: a promotion that is live, a low-stock SKU, a shipping change, a failed payment that later succeeds. Staging copies are used only to understand a rule, never as evidence.

  3. Read the three files

    For each sampled sale we place the cart, the capture, and the pick or dispatch record on the same table. Breaks are dated to the session, not summarised as a percentage. Returns, where in scope, add a fourth file.

  4. Write the letter

    Findings are ranked by effect on money and on the buyer’s order. We do not leave a severity to a dashboard colour. The letter is the deliverable; a slide summary is optional and never a substitute.