Stakeholders withdraw support for robotic process automation projects quietly before they withdraw it formally. A schedule for automation projects without a critical path is a wish list with dates. The professional literature on the project and portfolio delivery capability converges on a small set of controls that reliably work. Sessions alternate between guided analysis of robotic process automation projects and supervised application. Participants gain a clear basis for measuring what this aspect of project and portfolio delivery has actually achieved. The course covers automation projects at the level of detail needed to act, and stops there. It is appropriate for those preparing to take on wider responsibility for robotic process automation projects. The difficulty is not agreeing that automation projects matters — it is deciding what to stop doing to make room for it. The programme ends where implementation begins, with this part of project and portfolio delivery broken into steps someone can start on Monday.
Expected Learning Outcomes
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Draw practical lessons from failures in robotic process automation projects without assigning blame that suppresses reporting.
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Assess whether automation projects should continue at each decision gate.
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Close robotic process automation projects properly and capture lessons while they are still accurate.
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Verify that improvements to automation projects have held six months after they were introduced.
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Reduce avoidable variation in how robotic process automation projects is carried out across teams.
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Plan resource and capacity for automation projects against other commitments.
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Recover robotic process automation projects when it is behind, without pretending it is not.
Who Should Attend
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Project management office staff assuring robotic process automation projects.
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Business change managers handling adoption of automation projects.
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Contract and procurement staff supporting robotic process automation projects.
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Programme and portfolio managers overseeing automation projects.
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Managers of multi-site operations seeking consistency in robotic process automation projects.
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Project and programme managers whose delivery depends on automation projects.
Course Modules
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01
Robotic process automation projects: procurement, contracts and suppliers
2 sessions · 8 points
Session 1Building a schedule for robotic process automation projects with a real critical path
Build reporting on robotic process automation projects that surfaces problems while they are small.
Reduce the variation in how automation projects is carried out between teams.
Measure progress on robotic process automation projects by value earned, not tasks ticked.
Set out the decisions in automation projects that require sign-off and by whom.
Session 2Reviewing automation projects when nothing has gone wrong
Agree the escalation threshold for robotic process automation projects in advance.
Name a single owner for each element of automation projects.
Confirm that reporting on robotic process automation projects reaches the people who can act.
Plan handover of automation projects to the team that will operate it.
02
Automation projects: change control and variation
2 sessions · 8 points
Session 1Writing the scope of automation projects including what is excluded
Define how the benefit from robotic process automation projects will be measured after closure.
Establish who is informed, consulted and accountable in automation projects.
Confirm that contractual obligations around robotic process automation projects are understood.
Estimate automation projects using two independent methods and reconcile the difference.
Session 2Where automation projects typically breaks, and why
Set out how exceptions to robotic process automation projects are requested and approved.
Confirm that those complying with automation projects understand why it exists.
Rehearse the briefing on robotic process automation projects that would follow an incident.
Register the risks to automation projects with owner, probability and impact.
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Automation projects: stakeholders, communication and support
2 sessions · 8 points
Session 1Handing over automation projects and proving the benefit
Build the work breakdown for robotic process automation projects to a level that can be estimated.
Hold a lessons session on automation projects while memory is accurate.
Write the scope statement for robotic process automation projects including explicit exclusions.
Distinguish symptoms from causes when automation projects underperforms.
Session 2Estimating robotic process automation projects without anchoring on the answer wanted
Map the handovers in robotic process automation projects between functions and secure them.
Build the competence framework that supports automation projects.
Close out actions on robotic process automation projects rather than leaving them open indefinitely.
Define acceptance criteria for each deliverable of automation projects.
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Automation projects: estimating cost and effort
2 sessions · 8 points
Session 1Closing automation projects and capturing what was learned
Identify the critical path through robotic process automation projects and the float elsewhere.
Record what was learned when automation projects did not go as planned.
Manage supplier performance on robotic process automation projects against contract, not goodwill.
Compare the cost of automation projects with the cost of its absence.
Session 2Who answers for automation projects, and to whom
Map stakeholders of robotic process automation projects by influence and current level of support.
Build the internal briefing that explains automation projects to those affected.
Review at each gate whether robotic process automation projects should continue at all.
Prepare the recovery plan for automation projects before it is needed.
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Complete Training Kit
Coffee Break
Closing Ceremony
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USD1,850
5-night stay in a 5-star hotel
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Supervision & Secretarial Services
Accredited Certificate of Participation
Complete Training Kit
Coffee Break
Closing Ceremony
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