# Detailed Assessment Algorithm

> The Detailed Assessment algorithm is implemented to support the automation idea implementation decision. The following criteria can be selected as the primary driver to automate the process:

The Detailed Assessment algorithm is implemented to support the automation idea implementation decision. The following criteria can be selected as the primary driver to automate the process:

* Cost
* Quality
* Productivity

The primary driver selected for each automation idea is integrated into the Decision Pipeline Dashboard and facilitates the comparison between automation ideas with the same primary driver.

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During the Detailed Assessment completion process, an algorithm runs silently to compute the following output scores:

* **Feasibility** - yes/no type
* **Automation Potential** - expressed as % (from 0 to 100% - the higher the better)
* **Ease of Implementation** - expressed as % (from 0 to 100% - the higher the better)
* **Assessment KPIs** - calculated for 1 year period, expressed as the number of hours or value in the selected currency.

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## Feasibility

This output can determine if the automation of the process/task is attainable for the current period by assessing the environment stability. The following two factors are taken into consideration:

* **Process Stability**
* **Applications Stability**

## Automation Potential

This score is a measure of the process/task automation suitability and therefore, whether a robot can execute it. This percentual estimation is used to determine how much of the process can be successfully automated. The following three factors are taken into consideration:

* **Degree to which the input data is structured**
* **Process Variability**
* **The input has a high level of digitization**

We start from the assumption that the majority of the process is 100% automatable. If all the input data is structured and digital and if there is only one way to complete the process then the process is 100% automatable. If the Automation Potential of an Idea is 90% it indicates that 90% of the described process can be automated.

## Ease of Implementation

This score is a measure of the implementation efforts determining the degree of effort required to successfully automate the process/task. The following six factors are taken into consideration:

* **Process Stability**
* **Applications Stability**
* **Degree to which the input data is structured**
* **Process Variability**
* **Process Length**
* **Number of Applications used**

The following multipliers are used:

* OCR multiplicator (for scanned input),
* % of Applications accessed via a thin client

Implementation is considered:

* **Easy** if the result is between 65%-100%
* **Medium** difficulty if the result is between 35%-65%
* **Difficult** if the result is between 0%-35%

## Assessment KPIs

This score can measure either the amount of time expressed in hours that could be saved by automating the process/task or the value in the selected currency that is estimated to be saved by the business over a period of 1 year. Each indicator is calculated based on the below formulas:

### Estimated Benefit per Company (Hours)
* The Automation Potential % multiplied by the Total Time Needed to Perform the Work - As-Is Process (hours/year)

The **Total Time Needed to Perform the Work - As-Is Process (hours/year)** is the sum of the below factors:

* Baseline time to complete the process
* Rework time due to errors (expressed in hours)
* Audit/review time (expressed in hours)

### Estimated Benefit per Company (Currency)
* The Automation Potential % multiplied by the Cost/year for the process As-Is

The **Cost/year for the process As-Is** is the result of multiplying the below factors:

* Average Employee Full Cost/Year
* FTEs Required = Total Time Needed to Perform the Work - AS IS Process (hours/year) / (Average Working Days/Year) / (Working Hours/Day)

### Estimated Benefit per Company (FTEs)
* The Automation Potential % multiplied by the FTE Required.

### Estimated Benefit per employee (Hours)
* Benefit per company(hours saved/year)/Number of Employees

### Estimated Benefit per employee (FTEs)
* Benefit per company(FTEs)/Number of Employees

### Estimated Benefit per employee (currency)
* Benefit per company(currency/year)/Number of Employees