Most IT problems don't announce themselves.
There's no error message, no crash, no moment where the system visibly fails. The business just runs slower than it should. More people than necessary. More hours than necessary. The same friction, every week, that everyone has learned to work around without questioning whether it should exist.
The following five signs are a self-diagnostic. You don't need to score 5 out of 5. Three is enough to warrant a serious look.
1. Someone Is Doing Something by Hand That Feels Like It Should Be Automatic
The specific version varies by company, but the pattern is always recognizable.
