Reduce Manual Repetitive Work With IT Automation

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IT staff are overwhelmed with manual repetitive work.
You have little time for projects.
You cannot move as fast as the business wants.

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Critical Insight

Optimize before you automate.
Foster an engineering mindset.
Build a process to iterate.

Impact and Result

Begin by automating a few tasks with the highest value to score quick wins.
Define a process for rolling out automation, leveraging SDLC best practices.
Determine metrics and continually track the success of the automation program.

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Read this Executive Brief to understand why you should reduce manual repetitive work with IT automation.

Reduce Manual Repetitive Work With IT Automation – Executive Brief

1. Identify automation candidates

Select the top automation candidates to score some quick wins.

2. Map and optimize process flows

Map and optimize process flows for each task you wish to automate.

3. Build a process for managing automation

Build a process around managing IT automation to drive value over the long term.

4. Build automation roadmap

Build a long-term roadmap to enhance your organization's automation capabilities.

Member Testimonials

After each Info-Tech experience, we ask our members to quantify the real-time savings, monetary impact, and project improvements our research helped them achieve. See our top member experiences for this blueprint and what our clients have to say.

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Donaldson Company, Inc.

Guided Implementation

9/10

$34,099

Blackbaud

Guided Implementation

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We are at the very beginning of thinking about our Automation strategy. Not having identified specific automation opportunities yet, I am not able to estimate the savings that may result from the project. Overall, Derek was very knowledgeable about the a...

Auckland Transport

Guided Implementation

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$127K

great session today - really valuable because of the timing of the session and the fact that we are about to start a project in this space.

International Flavors & Fragrances Inc

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2/10

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The analyst was not the right one for reviewing the vendor landscape for Infrastructure Automation and fault correction tools that are non-public cloud. Like TCS Ignio, IPSoft, etc.

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Module 1: Identify Automation Candidates

The Purpose

Identify top candidates for automation.

Key Benefits Achieved

Plan to achieve quick wins with automation for early value.

Activities

Outputs

1.1

Identify MRW pain points.

MRW pain points

1.2

Drill down pain points into tasks.

MRW tasks

1.3

Estimate the MRW involved in each task.

Estimate of MRW involved in each task

1.4

Rank the tasks based on value and ease.

Ranking of tasks for suitability for automation

1.5

Select top candidates and define metrics.

Top candidates for automation & success metrics

1.6

Draft project charters.

Project charter(s)

Module 2: Map & Optimize Processes

The Purpose

Map and optimize the process flow of the top candidate(s).

Key Benefits Achieved

Requirements for automation of the top task(s).

Activities

Outputs

2.1

Map process flows.

Current-state process flows

2.2

Review and optimize process flows.

Optimized process flows

2.3

Clarify logic and finalize future-state process flows.

Future-state process flows with complete logic

Module 3: Build a Process for Managing Automation

The Purpose

Develop a lightweight process for rolling out automation and for managing the automation program.

Key Benefits Achieved

Ability to measure and to demonstrate success of each task automation, and of the program as a whole.

Activities

Outputs

3.1

Kick off your test plan for each automation.

Test plan considerations

3.2

Define process for automation rollout.

Automation rollout process

3.3

Define process to manage your automation program.

Automation program management process

3.4

Define metrics to measure success of your automation program.

Automation program metrics

Module 4: Build Automation Roadmap

The Purpose

Build a roadmap to enhance automation capabilities.

Key Benefits Achieved

A clear timeline of initiatives that will drive improvement in the automation program to reduce MRW.

Activities

Outputs

4.1

Build a roadmap for next steps.

IT automation roadmap

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Overall Impact

$34,099
Average $ Saved

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