- This one is short, but important.
I've said it before, comprehensive game-changing
digital transformation is not fast,
and it's not easy, it's also not cheap.
Unfortunately, the narrative lately
has been about automation tools
that are easy, quick, miraculously powerful, and cheap.
And what happens as a result
is that enterprises under-plan and under-budget,
expecting to spend a little to achieve much.
This often leaves initiatives stalled,
as teams try and cobble together alternative ways
to achieve the ends promised.
This also leaves team members trying to do
too many of the tasks themselves.
More on this in a moment.
Relating back to the intelligent
automation spectrum for a moment,
for RPA projects be ready to spend
hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars
to achieve meaningful projects.
For more algorithm-oriented projects,
the ones folks call AI, be ready to spend
millions to tens of millions.
And for comprehensive digital operations migration
to the integrated one office reality,
prepare to spend tens to hundreds of millions.
It's a lot, but remember,
the portfolio of projects and programs is the goal,
and the return on portfolio justifies the investment.