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A new architecture for automationbpmNEXT, April 18th 2018
Neil Ward-Dutton – Founder, Research Director
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What I’ll cover
§ The intelligent automation agenda§ Emerging patterns for business automation§ A fast-changing market§ Your next moves
The Intelligent Automation agenda
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So many buttons… which one to push…?
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The shift from tech resource scarcity to abundance
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A cloud-first world, particularly in developed countries
Companies used 16 SaaS apps on average in 2017, up 33% from 2016. 73% of organisations said nearly all (80%+) of their apps will be SaaS by 2020.
- 2017 survey of 1800+ IT professionals
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Competitor abundance: financial services… and beyond
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Digital disruption across industriesLogistics & Distribution Retail
Insurance
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The price of regulatory compliance failure continues to increase
Infringements of the [GDPR] provisions shall […] be subject to administrative fines up to 20 000 000 EUR, or in the case of an undertaking, up to 4 % of the total worldwide annual turnover of the preceding financial year, whichever is higher.
- EU General Data Protection Regulation, Art. 83
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Technologies that CIOs see impacting their strategies
Blockchain
Serverless / microservices
application architecture
VR/AR
Machine learning / AI
IoT
DevOps
Social collaboration
Private cloud
Big data / advanced analytics
Mobile applications
Business process automation
Public cloud
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
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Core to strategy
Automation patterns
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A schematic for work
Task Task
Flow & assignment
ContextGoal
R E S O U R C E S
Inputs
TriggersDecision
Outputs
The work that gets done – three common approaches –How many of the work features are prescribed?
“Exploratory”
“Transactional”
“Programmatic”
GoalSome tasksSome assignments
GoalTask flowAssignment rulesSome tasks
Everything
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Task Task
Flow & assignment
ContextGoal
R E S O U R C E S
Inputs
Triggers
Decision
Outputs
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The work that gets done – Exploratory Work+
Pre
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ined
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ts –
Task Task
Flow & assignment
ContextGoal
R E S O U R C E S
Inputs
Triggers
Decision
Outputs
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“Exploratory”
“Transactional”
“Programmatic”
GoalSome tasksSome assignments
GoalTask flowAssignment rulesSome tasks
Everything
The work that gets done – Transactional Work+
Pre
def
ined
ele
men
ts –
Task Task
Flow & assignment
ContextGoal
R E S O U R C E S
Inputs
Triggers
Decision
Outputs
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“Exploratory”
“Transactional”
“Programmatic”
GoalSome tasksSome assignments
GoalTask flowAssignment rulesSome tasks
Everything
The work that gets done – Programmatic Work+
Pre
def
ined
ele
men
ts –
Flow & assignment
ContextGoal
R E S O U R C E S
Inputs
TriggersTask Task
Decision
Outputs
“Straight-through automation”© MWD Advisors www.mwdadvisors.com 16
“Exploratory”
“Transactional”
“Programmatic”
GoalSome tasksSome assignments
GoalTask flowAssignment rulesSome tasks
Everything
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Exploratory Work Automation : Case Management +
Identify Best Next Action with predictive ML models, where work frequency/scale is high and goal satisfaction is a problem
Triage work based on unstructured inputs with AI services, where frequency/scale is high
Externalise decisions with decision management, where frequency/scale is high and transparency and/or agility are key
Task
Flow & assignment
Guidance
R E S O U R C E S
Inputs
TriggersTask
Goal
DecisionIdentify relevant guidance/resources with predictive ML models, where work frequency/scale is high and employee turnover/training is an issue
Streamline interactions with systems of record with attended RPA, where work frequency/scale is high and relevant systems landscape is fragmented
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Transactional Work Automation: Workflow +
Flow & assignment
GuidanceGoal
R E S O U R C E S
Inputs
TriggersTask Task
Decision
Streamline interactions with systems of record with attended RPA, where work frequency/scale is high and relevant systems landscape is fragmented
Triage work based on unstructured inputs with AI services, where frequency/scale is high
Externalise decisions with decision management, where frequency/scale is high and transparency and/or agility are key
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Programmatic Work Automation
Flow & assignment
GuidanceGoal
R E S O U R C E S
Inputs
TriggersTask Task
Decision
Automate and orchestrate system interactions with unattended RPA, where work frequency/scale is high and relevant systems landscape is fragmented
Automate and orchestrate system interactions with integration platforms, where work frequency/scale is high and relevant systems are amenable to API-based interaction
Externalise decisions with decision management, where frequency/scale is high and transparency and/or agility are key
Externalise task logic with external business logic services, where frequency/scale is high and transparency and/or agility are key
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Compartmentalising value delivery (and where new tech plays)
Exploratory
Transactional T T
P P P P P P
AI servicesPredictive ML modelsDecision ManagementAttended RPA
AI servicesDecision ManagementAttended RPA
Decision ManagementExternal servicesUnattended RPAIntegration Platform
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Automation strategy
Exploratory
Transactional T T
P P P P P P
AI servicesPredictive ML modelsDecision ManagementAttended RPA
AI servicesDecision ManagementAttended RPA
Decision ManagementExternal servicesUnattended RPAIntegration Platform
Exploratory
Prescribe, automate as much as possible
Use Case Mgt. for exceptions, governance
Augment where viable
Your next moves
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The automation technology market is changing fastW
ork
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Core / head Supporting / long tail
HIPsAPI Mgt
UnattendedRPA
Workflow
Case Mgt
Packagedapps
Low-code / hpaPaaS
AI servicesPredictive ML toolkits
Decision Mgt
Automation Anywhere Bot Store
Numerous partnerships
Salesforce / MuleSoft
Salesforce Einstein
UiPath, WorkFusion, Blue Prism,
etc
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Time to rearchitect your products, if you haven’t already
What§ Shift away from hard-
edged one-size-fits-all product deployments
§ Shift towards collections of independent, self-sufficient runtime services
Why§ Competitive cloud
service delivery§ Flexibility in
product/offering portfolio
§ Unpredictable demand for application/ process automation capabilities
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Look to insight and governance as control pointsIntegrated view of performance
Inte
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Integrated
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Exploratory
Transactional T T
P P P P P P
Neil Ward-Dutton, Founder and Research Director@[email protected]
What’s your strategy?