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AutomationPlaybook 10 min · 4 pages

Workflow Automation Planning Toolkit

A five-step toolkit for planning, governing, and sequencing automation that compounds instead of stalling.

Inventory, score, pattern-select, govern, and sequence — the working steps a COO or platform leader can run with their team to stand up a real automation program without accumulating 18 months of debt.

What's inside

  • Workflow inventory method and intake questions
  • Five-dimension scoring rubric (Volume, Effort, Stability, Strategic value, Feasibility)
  • Pattern selection: workflow tools, iPaaS, RPA, document AI, agentic AI
  • Governance starter kit: catalog, monthly review, credentials policy, kill switches
  • Sequencing model that compounds savings into the next round of funding

What you'll get out of it

  • A ranked, sequenced automation backlog with named owners
  • A governance baseline that prevents the next round of automation debt
  • Measured cycle-time and error-rate wins to fund the next phase

Who it's for

  • COOs and ops leaders launching or rebooting an automation program
  • IT and platform leaders governing citizen development
  • Finance, support, and HR leaders deciding what to automate next

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Playbook · 4 pages

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