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 Duration 7 hours

Course Outline

Discovery Prior to Development

  • Understanding why most AI projects fail during the scoping phase
  • Viewing discovery as a core engineering activity
  • Establishing time limits and exit criteria for the discovery process

Analyzing the Workflow

  • Observing processes in their actual operational environment
  • Mapping processes, handoffs, and exception handling paths
  • Conducting interviews with end-users, managers, and control functions

Assessing Use Cases

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

Value Architecture and Business Case

  • Establishing baselines, identifying benefits, and analyzing cost-to-serve
  • Selecting metrics acceptable to finance and audit departments
  • Maintaining a register for risks, compliance issues, and dependencies

Commitments, Gates, and Handover

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

Requirements

  • Practical experience in customer-facing technical or delivery positions
  • Working knowledge of business processes within at least one industry vertical
  • Proficiency in basic spreadsheet and document creation for modeling and documentation

Target Audience

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

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