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 Duration 7 hours

Course Outline

Discovery Prior to Development

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

Analyzing Workflows

  • Observing work in its actual operational context.
  • Documenting process maps, handoffs, and exception handling paths.
  • Conducting interviews with users, managers, and compliance functions.

Validating Use Cases

  • Applying filters for feasibility, value, and readiness.
  • Scoring an entire portfolio rather than focusing on a single idea.
  • Using evidence to reject non-viable use cases.

Value Architecture and Business Justification

  • Establishing baselines, defining benefits, and analyzing cost to serve.
  • Selecting metrics accepted by finance and audit teams.
  • Maintaining a register of risks, compliance issues, and dependencies.

Commitments, Milestones, and Transition

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

Requirements

  • Experience in customer-facing technical or delivery positions.
  • Knowledge of business processes in at least one industry sector.
  • Proficiency with spreadsheets and document creation for modeling and reporting.

Target Audience

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

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