# Step 1: Design the workflow
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When you implement output locking, there are special considerations in your design of the inputs, output groups, outputs, and output encodes (video streams) in the events.

**Topics**
+ [Design the inputs](opl-step-design-inputs.md)
+ [Design the outputs](opl-step-get-ready-outputs.md)
+ [Example of a workflow](opl-example.md)