Automation Insights – How to Prioritize & What to Spend?
Automation is a hot topic these days. Whether it’s figuring what it is (check out this guide to Robotic Process Automation) or how to make sure it’s successful (check out these 5 practices that will help drive successful RPA deployments), organizations have questions they need answered.
When looking to begin an automation project, there are two very important questions you need to ask. First, how should your organization decide and prioritize which projects to automate? And second, how much should you budget for the project?
Luckily, we’ve got some answers for you. We recently partnered with PEX Network, to release a primary research around the topic of disruption. We asked more than 150 business leaders and digital transformation experts from 36 different industries these very questions.
In today’s blog, we will focus on how to prioritize your automation projects, and how much budget you need. We’ll provide insights, including the thoughts of our partners at PEX, and also some questions to ask yourself during your automation journey.
Some questions to consider for your next automation project:
- Identify where resistance to change is coming from. Is there a good reason for this resistance?
- What small-scale automations can you implement at low risk?
- How are you involving others in the decision making process about automation?
- Is there a general consensus – or dissent – on the reasons for automating?
- Where there is disagreement is there a way of testing both sides?
- Can you agree on what success looks like?
Again, there are some questions to consider for your organization:
- Is your spending level appropriate?
- Are you spending more or less than others in your space?
- How do you map projects to ROI in the context of business results?
And don’t forget to download the entire report to read more about the state of process automation and to see what the top leaders are saying about disruption in general. You can get your copy here.