Uslugovod
Prepare a service order, keep track of the work and check the outcome before accepting it.
A person may know what needs to change without knowing which specialist to contact or what conditions to agree on. Uslugovod connects the task to a suitable service, a brief, proposals, risks, progress checks and acceptance criteria.
I am developing this system so the whole order can remain understandable from the initial request to the finished work. The order map brings the requirements, provider terms, changes and review points together.
- 01Free access
- 02From task to acceptance
- 03Browser tools
- 04Active development
- 01Task
- 02Service
- 03Brief
- 04Proposal
- 05Risk
- 06Review
- 07Acceptance
From an intention to a service order you can check
You might want to renovate a room, find a tutor, commission a website, choose an accountant, organise a move or seek legal help. Before approaching a provider, that broad intention needs to become a clear task, a scope of work and an expected result.
Uslugovod is being developed to make this transition easier. Information pages, a service navigator, briefs, proposal checks, risk assessment, progress records and acceptance criteria form a connected way of working with an order.
What Uslugovod helps organise
- A
Describe the task
A person's initial situation is translated into a specific service and a clear subject for the order.
- B
Specify the result
Each service identifies its expected outcome, the necessary information, the stages of work and the materials the provider should deliver.
- C
Agree on working conditions
Providers' offers are compared by scope, deadlines, responsibility, guarantees, payment terms and evidence that the work is complete.
- D
Define quality
The order is reviewed and accepted against observable criteria established before work starts.
The result is a procedure the customer can understand: what to order, which conditions to agree on and how to recognise whether the work has been done.
Seven stages of working with a service
- The starting point may be a problem to fix, a result to obtain, work that needs a specialist or two possible ways of achieving the same goal.
The order map is intended to connect these stages and preserve the history of the conversation and the work.
Personal and business services covered by the system
- 01Repairs, homes and tradespeople
- 02Cleaning, household and practical help
- 03Beauty, health and personal care
- 04Education and tutoring
- 05Legal services and documents
- 06Accounting, taxes and business services
- 07Computers, IT and websites
- 08Marketing, advertising and sales
- 09Transport, delivery and logistics
- 10Cars, equipment and machinery
- 11Photography, video, events and creative work
An order has recognisable parts across different fields, but the brief, risk questions and acceptance criteria must still fit the particular service. Medical, legal and technical work may also require professional review.
The working information behind a service order
- TaskDescribes the situation the person wants to resolve.
- ServiceDefines the professional work required to address the task.
- SituationLinks a real-life or business context to an appropriate service.
- BriefCollects the information, requirements and constraints needed for a request.
- ProposalRecords the provider's scope of work, schedule, price and terms.
- RiskIdentifies weak or uncertain points in the proposed agreement.
- AgreementPreserves a condition or change that the parties have agreed.
- StageShows how the order moves from preparation to completion.
- CriterionDefines an observable sign that the work meets a requirement.
- IssueRecords a discrepancy that needs to be resolved.
- Order mapConnects the preceding objects in a practical working record.
How information becomes something useful for the next step
- 01
Service navigator
Finds the relevant service category and a useful starting route.
- 02
Brief builder
Prepares a structured request for a provider.
- 03
Proposal review
Helps examine whether the quoted work and commercial terms are clear and complete.
- 04
Service risk assessment
Identifies terms that need further clarification or written confirmation.
- 05
Acceptance checklist
Turns the quality criteria into actions for reviewing the delivered work.
- 06
Workspace
Connects materials from several orders, their stages, issues and statuses.
Each working tool is meant to produce a result that can inform a later stage rather than leaving the customer to start again.
Choices guiding the development of Uslugovod
- 01
Start with a person's situation
Navigation leads from a practical problem to a service and an appropriate next action.
- 02
Describe what the service must deliver
The service description explains the expected outcome, scope and form of the result.
- 03
Set the checks in advance
Quality and acceptance requirements are prepared alongside the request, rather than after the work is complete.
- 04
Keep the order connected
The brief, proposals, risks, agreements and identified issues remain related to the same order.
- 05
Extend without breaking the structure
New services, situations and tools are added through shared objects and connections.
Questions I examine through Uslugovod
The project is both an applied digital service and a way to study how people order personal and business services.
- 01What order structure works across very different personal and business services?
- 02How can a vague need become a useful request to a provider?
- 03Which inputs are needed to describe the work well?
- 04How can proposals from different providers be made comparable?
- 05What criteria help someone assess a result without specialist training?
- 06How can the system cover thousands of services while preserving meaningful routes and working tools?
The intended practical result is an order map whose questions and checks adapt to what the customer is actually buying.
My work on the system
I am responsible for the concept of Uslugovod, its working objects, the classification of services and situations, the user routes and the design of its browser tools.
This work draws on experience in digital service design, marketing, sales, logistics, working with contractors and developing practical analytical tools.
How Uslugovod relates to other work in the laboratory
These projects share a practical concern: moving from someone's situation to a clear task, an appropriate tool and a result that can be checked. Their audiences and kinds of work differ.
The public system continues to develop
The project's published description includes service categories, pages about particular services, a situation navigator, brief preparation, proposal review, risk assessment, acceptance checklists and a local workspace. Their current operation must be confirmed on the external website.
- 01
Directory
Expanding the number of areas, services and situations that can start a route.
- 02
Specialist materials
Developing briefs, questions for providers and acceptance criteria for particular services.
- 03
Order workspace
Strengthening connections between stages, materials and order statuses.
- 04
Data portability
Preparing outcomes for saving, exporting and reuse by other services.
Continue with the working system
Find the relevant service, prepare a request for the provider and bring the order's materials together in one place.