Automation Candidate Assessment
Works out which parts of a process are worth automating, which should be eliminated instead, and where automation would make things worse.
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Running it, start to finish
- List every step with real time and frequency figures.
- Eliminate and simplify before scoping any build.
- Start with the smallest item that proves the approach.
What you get back
The output this produces, every time.
- Asks what can be eliminated before what can be automated, since automating a useless step makes it permanent.
- Includes maintenance cost, which is where automation projects actually fail.
- Names the steps where automation would be harmful, including those whose real value is a human noticing something.
Getting better results
Where this usually goes wrong, and how to avoid it.
- Do section 1 properly. It routinely removes a third of a process at no cost. It is also the section people skip because automation is more interesting.
- Be honest about maintenance. An integration against a system you do not control has a permanent cost that rarely appears in the business case.
- Take section 6 seriously. If a person only ever sees exceptions, they lose the baseline that lets them recognise one. The metrics improve while the process degrades.
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