With the strategic learning track, you will become the master of automation. Become able to understand the economic impact of your automation initiatives, know how to set them up correctly and what to consider. You‘ll learn how to choose the right technology and how to orchestrate all elements in the best possible way. Furthermore, you get our best approach for not only setting up but also taking the organization and all stakeholders along the way. We‘ll provide you with experience from the field and get you to be able to pitch your first, own case.
If you decide to get this track facilitated by us, we’ll provide you with live sessions around these modules to train you to bring your first automation initiative to life. You will learn which strategy aspects are important to consider, how to talk to relevant stakeholders, how to choose the right technology, and much more. In the end, we’ll do a Pitch Parade together.
The learning track consists of 8 modules and takes around 20 - 25 hours of learning time in total. Here is an overview of the single modules:
C1: Economic Relevance of Automation
✔️ Economic relevance of (Intelligent) Process Automation
✔️ Most important figures
✔️ Strategies for Process Automation
C2: Automation Market
✔️ Introduction to the automation market
✔️ The relevant players in the market
✔️ Important technologies and services
C3: Automation Initiative
✔️ Explanation of the Multi-Vendor era
✔️ Project Management Approach
C4: Automation Strategy
✔️ Defining goals for an automation initiative
✔️ Definition of different organizational forms
✔️ Pitching Process Automation Strategies
✔️ Calculation of business cases
D1: Tools & Capabilities
✔️ The Capabilities Model
✔️ Dive Deep: Tools
✔️ Tool Strategy
D2: Governance
✔️ The holistic approach to Process Automation
✔️ Orchestration
✔️ Efficient support of the automation inititative
✔️ Decision Making: Technologies
✔️ Roles, CoE and Lifecycle
B6: Change Management
✔️ Efficient Change Management
✔️ Identifying and addressing of relevant stakeholders
✔️ Tools and measures to apply
The learning track is aimed at learners with automation knowledge, you should be fluent in understanding terms like ERP, CRM or API. The goal of this track is to build up the competence to address and orchestrate automation initiatives from A-Z. In order to be a certified automation strategist, you have to hand in your own automation pitch within our academy.
All our trainers are experts in their field. They are not "just" consultants, but breathe and live automation in their daily work. We work with experts from SAP, adidas, Bilfinger, Deloitte, Wacker and many others to provide you with first-hand knowledge and relevant practical experience.
The Learning Package includes full access to our Automation Academy. That means we have 35+ modules available in English and German. Each module contains a combination of input and interaction. You’ll find learning videos, audios, interactive graphics, quizzes and much more! Check out one of our modules here to get a first impression.
Next to the content, we’ll also offer you a complete learning experience with a personalized profile, a community access, a learning inbox for individual chats and rewards that you can earn. You have the ability to take Exams as well and earn certificates.
Our certificates are valid for one year.
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We believe in some core values at Bots & People that are also reflected within our Academy:
We offer you continuous learning support. If you choose a facilitated learning journey, you will have an Automation Expert at your side who will also be your contact for any kind of technical support you may need. If you have very specific questions about the courses, you can either ask other learners in the community or contact the trainer directly via Linkedin.
If you do not have a facilitated learning journey, you can contact us through our support form in our Academy and someone from our learning team will contact you.
This is dependent on what learning track you want to do. The single modules are labeled from A-F, the rule of thumb is here: the earlier the letter in the alphabet, the easier the module is. If you don’t know where to start, go with the Automation Starter first and make your way through the other modules as you go.
A facilitated learning journey includes a set-up phase where we jointly define the relevant learning objectives, schedule and delivery. After the set-up phase, we support and guide the learners through the academy content and accompany this with several live sessions. This way, the learning group is fully guided and knows exactly what to do and where to ask questions. At the end, we also collect feedback and do a retrospective. Facilitating a learning journey can take varying amounts of time, but experience shows that most learning journeys last between 4 and 12 weeks.
We also offer "Access-Only"-Packages, if you don’t want a facilitated learning journey and rather learn the content in your own speed (min. 10 seats).
At the moment, we do not offer individual packages. But we encourage you to talk to your manager, teammates, or L&D department to find like-minded people. If you are a group of interested automation learners, contact us. In some cases, we can provide learning trips for as few as 3-4 people. Let's find out!
This depends on what knowledge you already have and how much detail you want to go into. We give a rough time estimate at the beginning of each module and for the entire learning path. However, we link to additional material and further information for those who want to go deeper and invest a little more time. Your academy access will be valid for one year after the date of purchase.
Key Skills Learned
- Economic Relevance of Automation
- Overview on the Automation Market
- Change Management
- Automation Infrastructure
- Automation of your own case