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Resist this thought. For these things are relative, and you must judge them against your objective. If you are managing a one-off, $10bn risk, who ''cares'' how long, bespoke and expensive your legal document is, as long is it aids your management of that risk?<ref>It won’t, of course, but [[don’t take a piece of paper to a knife fight|that is another story]].</ref>
Resist this thought. For these things are relative, and you must judge them against your objective. If you are managing a one-off, $10bn risk, who ''cares'' how long, bespoke and expensive your legal document is, as long is it aids your management of that risk?<ref>It won’t, of course, but [[don’t take a piece of paper to a knife fight|that is another story]].</ref>


A [[root cause analysis]] may help you get to the great if the matter.  
A [[root cause analysis]] may help you get to the heart of the matter.  


If the subject matter is it quotidian, the volume of throughput high and usual negotiation load light — [[terms of business]], say — then fix your contract form so it doesn't ''need'' automation. Genericise it. Cut out some of the verbiage. Drop an indemnity. Seriously, will you miss it?
If the subject matter is it quotidian, throughput high and the usual negotiation load light — [[terms of business]], say — then fix your contract form so it doesn't ''need'' automation. Genericise it. Cut out some of the [[verbiage]]. Drop an [[indemnity]]. Seriously, will you miss it?


If heavily negotiated, then — firstly, same; see what you can simplify and strip out — but once you've done that, ask ''how much time will automating save? A draft that takes 30 minutes to prepare in the context of a three-month negotiation, like an ISDA, is really not the problem you need to be solving.
If heavily negotiated, then — firstly, same; see what you can simplify and strip out to save having to argue about it — but once you've done that, ask ''how much time will automating save''? A draft that takes 30 minutes to prepare in the context of a three-month negotiation, as is common for an {{isdama}}, is really not the problem you need to be solving.
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