Get in Touch
 Duration 7 hours

Course Outline

Discovery Before Development

  • Understanding why most AI implementations fail at the scoping stage
  • Viewing discovery as a core engineering activity
  • Defining time-boxes and exit criteria for the discovery phase

Analyzing the Workflow

  • Observing operations in their natural environment
  • Mapping processes, handoffs, and exception handling paths
  • Conducting interviews with users, managers, and control functions

Evaluating Use Cases

  • Applying filters for feasibility, value, and readiness
  • Scoring a portfolio of initiatives rather than a single concept
  • Discarding unsuitable use cases with supporting evidence

Value Architecture and Business Cases

  • Establishing baselines, projected benefits, and cost-to-serve metrics
  • Selecting metrics acceptable to finance and audit departments
  • Registering risks, compliance issues, and dependencies

Commitments, Gate Reviews, and Handover

  • Defining scope statements, assumptions, and exclusions
  • Implementing stage gates and termination criteria
  • Preparing a handover brief for the development team

Requirements

  • Practical experience in a customer-facing technical or delivery role
  • Familiarity with business processes in at least one specific industry
  • Basic proficiency in spreadsheets and documentation for modeling and reporting

Target Audience

  • Forward deployed engineers and solution consultants
  • Presales engineers and solution architects
  • Product owners and delivery leads involved in AI projects
  • Transformation leaders evaluating AI portfolios

Number of participants


Price per participant

Upcoming Courses

Related Categories