Intelligent
automation at
scale
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There are 5 critical things to get right to maximize the
value of an intelligent automation program
STRATEGY & ALIGNMENT
Right reasons
1
VALUE IDENTIFICATION
Right demand
2
DESIGN & STRUCTURE
Right program
governance & execution
3
VALUE REALIZATION
Right accounting
4
CHANGE MANAGEMENT
Right communications
5
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STRATEGY & ALIGNMENT
Elements What Good Looks Like Signs of Mis-alignment
• Existing business goals and
strategies provide automation
program focus and priorities
• Business leaders drive the
automation program
• IT is a required partner supporting
delivery
• Business measures impact of
program against strategic goals
• Business + IT partnership
• The goal is “digital transformation”
• Target number of processes to
automate
• Program lead define “locally
optimized” goals and measures
Automation is a means to an end
Right reasons
1
PLANNED BUSINESS OUTCOMES
& MEASURES
BUSINESS GOALS & STRATEGIES
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Digital automation enablement
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VALUE IDENTIFICATION
Elements What Good Looks Like Signs of Mis-alignment
• Pipeline opportunities are assessed
against business goals for
prioritization
• Governance to enforce alignment
• Discovery Team + Technology
• Top opportunities are material against
business strategy and goals
• Discovery team performs opportunity
identification with business leadership
• Discovery technologies produce
additional data-driven opportunities
• Crowdsourcing / Roadshows utilized
to build awareness and Citizen
Development pipeline
• Program team (COE) or IT is trying
to sell the capabilities of automation
to the business
• Attempts to “crowdsource” ideas
from all employees as the main
method to build pipeline
Business Goals drive the “Pipeline”
Right demand
2
Business Analysts
(via Bus Leaders)
Business Team /
Citizen Developers
Automated
Discovery
SOURCES OF DEMAND BUSINESS VALUE FILTER PRIORITIZED AUTOMATION PIPELINE & ROADMAP
• Business value measures
• Automation potential
OPPORTUNITY PORTFOLIO VALUE ROADMAP
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DESIGN & STRUCTURE
Elements What Good Looks Like Cautions
• Team structure and size is aligned
against a robust pipeline of
opportunities
• Pipeline opportunities move to
delivery <3 months of being
submitted
• Existence of dedicated production
support / BAU pod
• Agility to scale – new pods within a
few weeks
• Opportunities languishing in pipeline
resulting in business
disengagement
• All internal resources – no ability to
quickly scale or retain talent
Design the organization to fit the objective
Right program
governance & execution
3
FACTORS TO CONSIDER WHEN DESIGNING YOUR DELIVERY TEAM
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How to scale an automation program to maximize value
delivery scale, speed, and agility.
Potential automations count
Automation
value
/
complexity
LOW
HIGH
HIGH
RECOMMENDED DISTRIBUTION OF TEAM FOCUS AT MATURITY
A Start with a centralized delivery addressing lower
complexity departmental solutions to mature the
platform, development standards and workflows,
and operational controls. Prove the platform,
development methods, and business value
measurement methods.
B Spin off a departmental-level, federated delivery to
manage the balance of initial department’s
automation backlog.
C Fast follow the federated delivery roll-out with a
citizen developer program across the department to
expand automation’s reach and time to value.
A
B
C
D Repeat the centralized delivery stand-up of the
subsequent departmental delivery and their own
citizen developer program roll-outs. At scale, have
central delivery focus on the most complex
automation challenges and overseeing the
federated delivery teams’ quality and value delivery.
D
FOUR STEPS TO AUTOMATION
PROGRAM GOVERNANCE SCALE
Federated
Central
Citizen Developers
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Delivery
Discovery
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Minimum Viable Automation Program Structure
COE
Lead
Business
Analyst
Project
Manager
Solution
Architect
Pod 1 (Expert)
Run / Support
System
Analyst
Business
Analyst
Dev /
Test
Dev /
Test
Pod 2
Pod 3 Pod 4
Dev /
Test
Dev /
Test
Dev /
Test
Dev /
Test
Dev /
Test
Dev /
Test
Dev /
Test
Dev /
Test
Dev /
Test
Dev /
Test
Dev /
Test
Product
Owner
Partner Internal
Business
Analyst
Business
Analyst Dev /
Test
Citizen
Development
System
Analyst
Dev /
Test
Project
Manager
Future
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VALUE REALIZATION
Elements What Good Looks Like Mis-alignments
• Automation value is anchored to
business unit objectives and
measures
• Each automation project’s value is
jointly agreed to by business unit
and automation team in advance
• Reporting
• Dashboards & reports
• Steering Committees
• Program Evolution
• Quarterly Program Assessments
• Value Realization
• Achievement accountability
• Traceability to top-level metrics
• Automation team tracks “counts”
rather than value
• Business cannot articulate the value
of automation
Value can only be recognized by the business
Right accounting
4
VALUE ACCOUNTING
CATEGORIES & METHODS
• Cost
• Quality
• Speed
• Experience
• Risk / Compliance
• Revenue
PLANNED VS. ACTUAL BUSINESS
OUTCOMES & MEASURES
Planned Actual
Actual
Planned
Steering Committee
Business Leaders
Functional
Teams
BUSINESS LEADER & STAKEHOLDER
REVIEWS
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CHANGE MANAGEMENT
Elements What Good Looks Like Mis-alignments
• Program branding
• Communication to all stakeholders
across all phases of the program
lifecycle
• Business-led communications
• To all stakeholders across all phases
of the program lifecycle
• Feedback loop from stakeholders for
continuous improvement
• Service delivery consistency and
predictability
• Operating model, processes, and
role changes planned and
communicated
• Business expects the automation to
work flawlessly the first day in
production
• Business expects the automation to
always adjust to changes in the
environment
• Business has not planned what to do
with “freed up capacity” when
automation is live
Automation is business change
Right communications
5
GOALS
TIMING
WIIFM
IMPACTS
PROGRAM
PURPOSE &
FOCUS
Managers
Teams
Executives
PROGRAM BRAND ALL STAKEHOLDER LEVELS AND TEAMS
COMMUNICATIONS
FEEDBACK
RESULTS
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How to Scale Your Automation Program

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    2 UiPath – Confidential© 2022 There are 5 critical things to get right to maximize the value of an intelligent automation program STRATEGY & ALIGNMENT Right reasons 1 VALUE IDENTIFICATION Right demand 2 DESIGN & STRUCTURE Right program governance & execution 3 VALUE REALIZATION Right accounting 4 CHANGE MANAGEMENT Right communications 5
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    3 UiPath ©2021 -Confidential STRATEGY & ALIGNMENT Elements What Good Looks Like Signs of Mis-alignment • Existing business goals and strategies provide automation program focus and priorities • Business leaders drive the automation program • IT is a required partner supporting delivery • Business measures impact of program against strategic goals • Business + IT partnership • The goal is “digital transformation” • Target number of processes to automate • Program lead define “locally optimized” goals and measures Automation is a means to an end Right reasons 1 PLANNED BUSINESS OUTCOMES & MEASURES BUSINESS GOALS & STRATEGIES 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 Digital automation enablement
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    4 UiPath ©2021 -Confidential VALUE IDENTIFICATION Elements What Good Looks Like Signs of Mis-alignment • Pipeline opportunities are assessed against business goals for prioritization • Governance to enforce alignment • Discovery Team + Technology • Top opportunities are material against business strategy and goals • Discovery team performs opportunity identification with business leadership • Discovery technologies produce additional data-driven opportunities • Crowdsourcing / Roadshows utilized to build awareness and Citizen Development pipeline • Program team (COE) or IT is trying to sell the capabilities of automation to the business • Attempts to “crowdsource” ideas from all employees as the main method to build pipeline Business Goals drive the “Pipeline” Right demand 2 Business Analysts (via Bus Leaders) Business Team / Citizen Developers Automated Discovery SOURCES OF DEMAND BUSINESS VALUE FILTER PRIORITIZED AUTOMATION PIPELINE & ROADMAP • Business value measures • Automation potential OPPORTUNITY PORTFOLIO VALUE ROADMAP
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    5 UiPath ©2021 -Confidential DESIGN & STRUCTURE Elements What Good Looks Like Cautions • Team structure and size is aligned against a robust pipeline of opportunities • Pipeline opportunities move to delivery <3 months of being submitted • Existence of dedicated production support / BAU pod • Agility to scale – new pods within a few weeks • Opportunities languishing in pipeline resulting in business disengagement • All internal resources – no ability to quickly scale or retain talent Design the organization to fit the objective Right program governance & execution 3 FACTORS TO CONSIDER WHEN DESIGNING YOUR DELIVERY TEAM
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    6 UiPath – Confidential© 2022 How to scale an automation program to maximize value delivery scale, speed, and agility. Potential automations count Automation value / complexity LOW HIGH HIGH RECOMMENDED DISTRIBUTION OF TEAM FOCUS AT MATURITY A Start with a centralized delivery addressing lower complexity departmental solutions to mature the platform, development standards and workflows, and operational controls. Prove the platform, development methods, and business value measurement methods. B Spin off a departmental-level, federated delivery to manage the balance of initial department’s automation backlog. C Fast follow the federated delivery roll-out with a citizen developer program across the department to expand automation’s reach and time to value. A B C D Repeat the centralized delivery stand-up of the subsequent departmental delivery and their own citizen developer program roll-outs. At scale, have central delivery focus on the most complex automation challenges and overseeing the federated delivery teams’ quality and value delivery. D FOUR STEPS TO AUTOMATION PROGRAM GOVERNANCE SCALE Federated Central Citizen Developers
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    7 Delivery Discovery UiPath – Confidential© 2022 Minimum Viable Automation Program Structure COE Lead Business Analyst Project Manager Solution Architect Pod 1 (Expert) Run / Support System Analyst Business Analyst Dev / Test Dev / Test Pod 2 Pod 3 Pod 4 Dev / Test Dev / Test Dev / Test Dev / Test Dev / Test Dev / Test Dev / Test Dev / Test Dev / Test Dev / Test Dev / Test Product Owner Partner Internal Business Analyst Business Analyst Dev / Test Citizen Development System Analyst Dev / Test Project Manager Future
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    8 UiPath ©2021 -Confidential VALUE REALIZATION Elements What Good Looks Like Mis-alignments • Automation value is anchored to business unit objectives and measures • Each automation project’s value is jointly agreed to by business unit and automation team in advance • Reporting • Dashboards & reports • Steering Committees • Program Evolution • Quarterly Program Assessments • Value Realization • Achievement accountability • Traceability to top-level metrics • Automation team tracks “counts” rather than value • Business cannot articulate the value of automation Value can only be recognized by the business Right accounting 4 VALUE ACCOUNTING CATEGORIES & METHODS • Cost • Quality • Speed • Experience • Risk / Compliance • Revenue PLANNED VS. ACTUAL BUSINESS OUTCOMES & MEASURES Planned Actual Actual Planned Steering Committee Business Leaders Functional Teams BUSINESS LEADER & STAKEHOLDER REVIEWS
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    9 UiPath ©2021 -Confidential CHANGE MANAGEMENT Elements What Good Looks Like Mis-alignments • Program branding • Communication to all stakeholders across all phases of the program lifecycle • Business-led communications • To all stakeholders across all phases of the program lifecycle • Feedback loop from stakeholders for continuous improvement • Service delivery consistency and predictability • Operating model, processes, and role changes planned and communicated • Business expects the automation to work flawlessly the first day in production • Business expects the automation to always adjust to changes in the environment • Business has not planned what to do with “freed up capacity” when automation is live Automation is business change Right communications 5 GOALS TIMING WIIFM IMPACTS PROGRAM PURPOSE & FOCUS Managers Teams Executives PROGRAM BRAND ALL STAKEHOLDER LEVELS AND TEAMS COMMUNICATIONS FEEDBACK RESULTS
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    10 Thank you. UiPath –Confidential © 2022