Get in Touch
 Duration 7 hours

Course Outline

Discovery Prior to Development

  • Why scoping errors are the primary cause of AI project failures
  • Treating discovery as a core engineering practice
  • Establishing time limits and termination criteria for the discovery phase

Analyzing Workflows

  • Observing tasks in their actual operational context
  • Creating process maps, identifying handoffs, and tracing exception paths
  • Interviewing end-users, managers, and control functions

Evaluating Use Cases

  • Applying filters for feasibility, value, and readiness
  • Scoring a portfolio of ideas rather than focusing on a single concept
  • Rejecting use cases with supporting evidence

Value Architecture and Business Case

  • Defining baselines, benefits, and service costs
  • Selecting metrics acceptable to finance and audit departments
  • Registering risks, compliance issues, and dependencies

Commitments, Milestones, and Handover

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

Requirements

  • Background in customer-facing technical or delivery roles
  • Understanding of business processes within at least one industry
  • Proficiency in basic spreadsheets and documentation for modeling and reporting

Target Audience

  • Forward-deployed engineers and solution consultants
  • Presales 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