Identify Equipment Allocation, Permit, and Crew Blockers
Identify installation blockers by checking each required dependency independently.
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Do not average away a blocking prerequisite
Identify installation blockers by checking each required dependency independently. A project with available equipment and crew can still be blocked by a missing required permit. A project with all permit records complete can still be blocked because its equipment is allocated elsewhere. A percentage score should not conceal a condition that prevents the scheduled work.
Use clear states such as confirmed, blocked, and evidence missing for each requirement. A missing record is not a pass. Preserve the source reference and timestamp so the owner can distinguish a real operational gap from a delayed update.
Evidence needed to resolve the exception
Use this exception guide when reviewing a proposed Genie workflow or investigating a case that cannot proceed confidently. The tables describe operational decisions to configure in your environment. They are not claims that a connected application automatically supplies your organization’s policies, identity mappings, or approval process.
| System or owner | Evidence and responsibility |
|---|---|
| Salesforce | Installations scheduled in the next two weeks, project scope, dates, and responsible owners. |
| NetSuite | Equipment stock, existing allocations, and incoming purchase orders. |
| Postgres | Project-linked permit status and crew availability records. |
Required context for this workflow design.
Diagnose the equipment gap precisely
Distinguish absent stock, stock at another location, stock committed elsewhere, and supply expected too late. Those conditions call for different owner actions. A missing item may need procurement, while an allocation conflict needs the responsible operational decision. The agent should not release another project’s allocation to make the current project appear ready.
An incoming purchase order needs a remaining quantity and expected receipt date relevant to the installation. If the date slips, revisit every project that relied on that supply. Do not leave yesterday’s ready status unchanged while the supporting inbound assumption has changed.
Connect permit and crew evidence to the scheduled work
Check the required permit against the actual project and the planned work scope. A record that a submission was made is different from the recorded required approval. Use the organization’s authoritative status definitions; the article does not establish a jurisdiction’s legal permit requirements.
For crews, compare availability with the project’s scheduled interval and the operational requirements recorded for that work. If another assignment overlaps, create a scheduling task and keep readiness unresolved. On the next morning’s run, refresh the same blocker rather than creating an additional task. The final readiness statement must remain conditional until every required dependency is supported by current evidence.
Decision table for common exceptions
Use the condition in the first column to choose the next action. The final column describes the boundary that must remain true while the case is unresolved. Apply the organization’s actual policy and source records to the live case; do not treat an illustrative condition as proof that the condition exists.
| Observed condition | Next action | Required boundary |
|---|---|---|
| Stock allocated elsewhere | Create allocation blocker | Do not mark ready |
| Required permit missing | Assign permit owner task | Do not mark ready |
| Crew overlaps another assignment | Create scheduling blocker | No assumed capacity |
| Inbound date slips | Recheck affected projects | Old readiness evidence invalidated |
Exception decisions for installation readiness.
Illustrative exception and recovery
Equipment and crew are confirmed, but the permit record shows submission rather than the required approval. The readiness review keeps the permit blocker open and assigns its owner a follow-up task instead of marking the project ready.
This example uses fictional records to show the decision logic. It is not a customer case study or a claim of measured results. In a live case, retain the actual record IDs and evidence behind each statement, and replace all illustrative quantities or timing assumptions with the approved operational inputs.
What to record before resuming
A project readiness matrix for the next two weeks with equipment, allocation, inbound timing, permit, and crew evidence plus one owned task per unresolved blocker.
Preserve the original finding and the evidence that resolves it. Record which person or system supplied the clarification, which proposal it applies to, and the action now permitted. Do not erase the uncertainty from the history: a later reviewer needs to understand why the case paused and why it resumed.
Boundaries that remain in force
- Review Salesforce installations scheduled within the next two weeks every morning.
- Check equipment allocations and incoming supply, not only gross stock.
- Check required permits and crew availability in project-linked Postgres records.
- Create owner tasks; never mark ready with equipment allocated elsewhere or a missing required permit.
Review the case before restarting
First verify that the new evidence resolves the original blocker rather than a different issue. Then check whether the case, source records, or proposed action changed during the wait. A response attached to the right ticket can still be insufficient if it refers to an earlier proposal or leaves a required quantity, identity, or approval unresolved.
Run the relevant row from the decision table as a review scenario. Confirm that the job stops at the required boundary, asks for the specified information or decision, and resumes from the confirmed state. If a write or message may already have succeeded, inspect its destination before repeating it; if this job only prepares a draft or report, verify that it stays within that output scope.
- Scheduled projects with all required evidence checked
- Blockers with a responsible owner and current task
- Ready statuses invalidated by missing permits or conflicting allocations
Track unresolved cases by their actual blocker and owner. A case waiting for clarification needs a different next action from one waiting for a confirmed result. Review the evidence when the state changes, and keep any still-unresolved completion condition visible instead of treating a successful intermediate step as the end of the work.
Give your Genie a job description
Copy the job description below. It preserves the scope and decision boundaries of this use case. Configure the referenced systems, record relationships, policies, and approval owners in your workspace before enabling the job.
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Implementation references
These first-party references document the underlying records and interfaces. The cross-system sequence, approvals, and completion rules in this article are a proposed operational configuration; validate them against your connected workspace before enabling it.
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