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title: 'Choose suitable methods, tools and templates'
url: 'https://grassroot.it/en/artikel/methoden-werkzeuge-vorlagen'
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date: '2026-11-11'
description: 'In Grassroot IT, a method describes how a task is handled transparently. A tool supports that work. A template helps record the necessary information completely and clearly. Sel…'
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Foundations 11.11.2026

# Choose suitable methods, tools and templates

In Grassroot IT, a method describes how a task is handled transparently. A tool supports that work. A template helps record the necessary information completely and clearly. Selection sta…

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In Grassroot IT, a method describes how a task is handled transparently. A tool supports that work. A template helps record the necessary information completely and clearly. Selection starts with the task and expected outcome.

## Establish a small shared approach

For [business testing](https://grassroot.it/en/artikel/pruefung-und-freigabe), the method could be: establish expectations, run an example, compare the result and address differences. A template identifies version, expected result, actual result and reviewer. A shared repository or suitable test application can provide the tool.

Scale effort to importance and complexity. A small work aid may need only a few maintained records. Important business processes or sensitive data require the corresponding methods and evidence.

## Judge aids by how they are used

Introduce templates with a completed example. An [application profile](https://grassroot.it/en/artikel/anwendungssteckbrief) demonstrates how purpose, responsibility and dependencies fit together. Avoid unnecessary fields while making essential details unambiguous.

Check whether a tool supports the intended method and approved technical conditions. Findings from [collaboration](https://grassroot.it/en/artikel/zusammenarbeit) improve templates and instructions. These aids are our practical implementation of the [Grassroot framework](https://grassroot.it/en/konzept).

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