Instead of Minitab Engage
Stop renting Minitab Engage. Own your improvement project system.
We build your version around how you improve processes, bring across your agreed Minitab Engage records and run it for you. See which changes have evidence behind them and which still need work.
Minitab directs Engage buyers to its sales team for pricing. Bring your current renewal so we can compare the work you use with the system you want to own.
- check_circleYour data in a database you own
- check_circleOpen source, no lock-in
- check_circleBuilt and run by Enterprise DNA
What the subscription covers
An improvement programme wrapped in a licensed product
Engage combines project workflows, visual tools and reporting. Start with your renewal and separate the work you rely on from the functions you rarely use.
A price discussed with sales
The current Engage buying page asks you to contact Minitab. Your own renewal is the starting point for a bill review.
Project workflows
Engage provides methods for taking an improvement idea through project reviews.
Visual problem-solving tools
Its product includes process diagrams, cause analysis and project forms. Identify which your team actually uses.
Programme reporting
Engage reports project status, progress and financial summaries through its dashboards.
Workload visibility
It offers project and savings views by leader, so managers can review workload and results.
A configured export
Project exports follow the selected columns and filters. Moving means agreeing the records to carry across and checking them.
Your version
Follow the change from the problem to the next check
PROJECT REVIEWS
A review has to refer to the current brief
Keep the owner, problem, goal and review evidence together. A changed brief makes earlier approvals stale.
- check A named owner and sponsor for each project
- check Baseline measures before measurement review
- check Dated evidence for each phase decision
- check Current checks before a project is marked complete
BENEFIT EVIDENCE
Separate a proposed saving from a reviewed one
See the evidence and separate reviewer behind each benefit. Capacity benefits stay separate from cash savings.
- check Hard and soft benefits reported separately
- check Currencies stay separate without assumed exchange rates
- check Brief changes flag the earlier benefit review as stale
- check Incorrect entries are voided with a reason and retained
SUSTAIN THE CHANGE
A completed project still needs follow-up
A failed control check or a measure that misses its target stays visible after the project closes.
- check An owner, date and cadence for each follow-up check
- check Failed checks stay open for attention
- check Latest observations compared with the agreed target
- check Overdue actions and missing reviews shown together
THE MONDAY REVIEW
Prepare the paperwork from the same records
Bring the project brief, measures, actions and decision history into a review pack carrying your business name.
- check An A3 improvement review for each project
- check A benefit evidence register with review status
- check Read-only reports for the week, benefits and follow-up checks
- check New review questions and fields added to your own version
Make it yours
Design your own Minitab Engage replacement
Everything starts from the open-source base. Then it gets your name, the parts you run, your rules and your data from Minitab Engage. Try it here, and we build the real one.
2. What it runs
3. Make it fit
4. Your colour
Answered from your own database
Good morning. Here is what needs you today.
We build it from the open-source base, bring your Minitab Engage data across and run it for you.
What it looks like
Ask it like you would ask a colleague
Real answers from the demo data that ships with Improvement Projects for Claude Code. It runs in Claude Code inside the Claude app, so it feels like any chat you already use.
Improvement Projects for Claude Code
Connected to your own database
Which projects have overdue actions or benefits waiting for review?
IMP-101
- Title
- Reduce filling line changeovers
- Owner
- Mara Chen
- Status
- active
- Phase
- improve
- Due_on
- 2026-11-11
- Overdue_actions
- 1
- Benefits_waiting
- 2
- Controls_at_risk
- 0
- Approved_phases
- 0
IMP-102
- Title
- Reduce dispatch corrections
- Owner
- Ellis Brown
- Status
- active
- Phase
- measure
- Due_on
- 2026-12-05
- Overdue_actions
- 0
- Benefits_waiting
- 1
- Controls_at_risk
- 0
- Approved_phases
- 0
IMP-103
- Title
- Sustain carton waste reduction
- Owner
- Mara Chen
- Status
- completed
- Phase
- control
- Due_on
- 2026-10-30
- Overdue_actions
- 0
- Benefits_waiting
- 0
- Controls_at_risk
- 1
- Approved_phases
- 5
IMP-104
- Title
- Reduce dispatch waiting time
- Status
- idea
- Phase
- define
- Due_on
- 2026-11-28
- Overdue_actions
- 0
- Benefits_waiting
- 0
- Controls_at_risk
- 0
- Approved_phases
- 0
| Code | Title | Owner | Status | Phase | Due_on | Overdue_actions | Benefits_waiting | Controls_at_risk | Approved_phases |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IMP-101 | Reduce filling line changeovers | Mara Chen | active | improve | 2026-11-11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| IMP-102 | Reduce dispatch corrections | Ellis Brown | active | measure | 2026-12-05 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| IMP-103 | Sustain carton waste reduction | Mara Chen | completed | control | 2026-10-30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| IMP-104 | Reduce dispatch waiting time | idea | define | 2026-11-28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ask it anything
Ten questions your improvement records can answer
Each question has a working answer in the free version. The examples below use fictional demonstration records.
Switching
How to switch from Minitab Engage
The move involves exporting the project records, mapping your fields and rules, checking the imported data, and running both systems side by side before you switch.
- 1
Export the project records
Use Minitab Engage’s documented project column set CSV export for the project fields you want to bring across. If that is not available, check with Minitab Engage about the export options your account allows. The repo also supports extracting the collapsed project CSV from a Workflow ZIP. Agree which project columns and records to include before loading them.
- 2
Preview, then load the records
Have the migration owner start with a preview of the import, then load the agreed project export into the database after reviewing the preview. The import brings project fields across and keeps their original exported values. Treat the preview as a test, not as approval of the records. Hold off on adding live project work until the initial load is ready to check.
- 3
Check the import results
Review anything the import flags, then check the selected columns, dates and project counts before switching. Confirm that the agreed project fields have mapped as intended. Imported completion labels do not become fresh approvals. Attachments, diagrams, nested tasks and savings schedules need separate agreed mapping, so decide whether to bring them across and how before relying on those records.
- 4
Run both systems side by side
For a short period, keep Engage available while the team checks the new database against current Engage records. Compare project counts and agreed fields, plus any mapped notes and evidence. Ask project owners to confirm that their active work is present and usable. Record and resolve gaps before treating the new database as the working source.
- 5
Switch off Engage
Once the checks are accepted, tell the team to stop adding or updating projects in Engage and use the new database for current work. Keep the agreed exports according to your business’s record keeping needs. Arrange any account end or access changes with Minitab Engage, following your renewal and retention requirements.
Where the real effort goes
The real work is usually mapping your own project fields and rules, then deciding how much history to bring across. Project fields can be imported, while attachments, diagrams, nested tasks and savings schedules need separate mapping. Allow time to check columns, dates, counts and review status. If Enterprise DNA installs and runs your version, Enterprise DNA does this mapping work with you.
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Rather talk it through? Book a call arrow_forwardThree ways to own it
Build on the free version or have yours run for you
Open source
Do it yourself
Free, open source
- 1 Clone the repo, run npm install, then npm run demo
- 2 Open it in Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode or Cursor and ask for the weekly review
- 3 Export your Minitab Engage project columns and test the import mapping
- 4 Import the agreed records into your own database and review the evidence gaps
Built around your business
We customise it
One setup fee, then a retainer for ongoing work
- check Your project fields, savings definitions and review rules
- check Your agreed Minitab Engage records brought across and reconciled
- check The extra documents and connections your process needs
- check A web front end or a different technology stack when agreed
Omni by Enterprise DNA
We run it for you
One setup fee, then a retainer
- check Installed and operated through Omni by Enterprise DNA
- check Access, backups and review routines configured for your business
- check Your Monday improvement pack prepared from current records
- check Ongoing changes as your sites and improvement methods evolve
Questions
Instead of Minitab Engage, answered
How much does Minitab Engage cost compared with this? expand_more
Minitab currently directs Engage buyers to sales. We compare your actual renewal with the work your team needs. The free version has no software licence fee; hosting and agent usage have their own costs. Enterprise DNA builds and runs your version for one setup fee, then a retainer.
Can you bring our existing Engage projects across? expand_more
Yes, starting with the agreed project exports. We check the selected columns, dates and project counts before switching. The free version brings across project fields and keeps the original exported values. Attachments, diagrams, nested tasks and savings schedules need their own agreed mapping. Imported completion labels do not become fresh approvals.
Will this fit our improvement method and team? expand_more
The free version starts with define, measure, analyse, improve and control reviews. Enterprise DNA builds your terminology, approval rules, additional documents and connections into your version, including a web front end when your team needs one.
Does a reviewed benefit prove that we saved the money? expand_more
It records a separate person and their supporting evidence against the current project brief. Your finance reviewer remains responsible for the result. Proposed and reviewed amounts, capacity benefits and different currencies stay separate. A changed brief flags the earlier review for another look.
What happens to the records if we stop the service? expand_more
The database belongs to your business. You can take a complete record export, including original import values, notes and review history. The free software is open source. We agree your hosting, access and handover arrangements when setting up your version.
Bring your Engage renewal and one improvement project
Book 30 minutes with Sam. We will look at what you pay, how your team reviews a process change, and which records and documents your own version needs. Start with one real project and its evidence.
Improvement Projects for Claude Code is free and open source, published by Enterprise DNA.
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