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This survey identifies the performance impact of Shared Services-driven Intelligent Automation. Here, we use the term ‘Intelligent Automation' as extending RPA by integrating cognitive and AI, as well as machine learning and data analytics – all applied to process execution.

As a thanks for supporting this research you will be offered a free SSON Analytics Data Report on IA (valued at US$500) at the end of the survey.

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* 1. Are you a:

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* 2. In a few words: What drives Intelligent Automation in your organization? [choose best option]

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* 3. What stage of the IA journey are you at? [choose best option]

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* 4. Who owns the IA agenda in your enterprise? [choose one option]

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* 5. If a Center of Excellence / Business Transformation Team leads the IA agenda, where does this sit? [choose one option]

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* 6. How many processes are automated in your organization? [choose one option]

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* 7. What challenges are you facing in implementing IA solutions? [select top 3 answer choices]

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* 8. Which automation solutions have you already adopted? [check all that apply]

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* 9. Which of the technologies ALREADY IN USE in your SSO are a PRIORITY for IA integration? [select top 3 options]

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* 10. What are the top 3 factors determining process selection for IA? [select top 3 options]

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* 11. What is your approach to assessing automation opportunities / process candidates? [choose one option]

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* 12. Which areas/functions do you see as holding the most promise for IA implementation – and why?

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* 13. What are the key processes to automate in each function you listed above?

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* 14. Where have you already implemented IA? [choose all that apply]

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* 15. In which area listed above has IA delivered the greatest value? Please describe.

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* 16. Is the skills shortage in IA real, and is it impacting your automation potential?

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* 17. If yes, how are you filling the gap? [choose best option]

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* 18. What ratio of your total bots are attended (interacting with humans) vs. unattended (operating without humans)?

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* 19. Please comment on the use / value of attended vs. unattended in your organization.

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* 20. What has been your experience in scaling attended / unattended solutions?

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* 21. What is your strategic preference regarding attended / unattended automation?

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* 22. What is your preference as far as accessing IA capability goes?

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* 23. What’s your approach to get from proven IA capability to enterprise-wide implementation? [choose the single best answer option]

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* 24. Will the impact of COVID-19 and any subsequent downturn accelerate the adoption of automation technologies?

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* 25. What’s the current hurdle to progressing your automation strategy? [choose top 3 answer options]

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* 26. What are the 3 top barriers to scaling IA? [choose 3 answer options]

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* 27. How do you determine priorities for scaling IA?

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* 28. How would you rank your investment priorities below?

  Very important Somewhat important Not very important Not important at all N/A
Automated decision making with Machine Learning (ML)
Data extraction from emails using Natural Language Processing (NLP)
Automated process discovery / process mining
Customer engagements via conversational user interface, e.g. chatbots
Computer vision to analyze images (pictures, etc.)
Document extraction like text / pdfs via Intelligent Data Processing / Cognitive Automation
Predictive Analytics
Voice to text and Speech Analytics
Artificial Intelligence

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* 29. How well are you integrating additional solutions (ML, Cognitive, Computer Vision, NLP, AI) with RPA? [choose best answer option]

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* 30. Are you using AI in Shared Services / GBS?

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* 31. If you use AI, are you scaling it across functions / services / business units? [choose best answer option]

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* 32. What are the key benefits of IA to date? [choose top 3 options]

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* 33. How are you measuring the performance of the digital workforce (i.e., robots)? [choose best answer option]

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* 34. What has the headcount impact been as a result of your IA implementation? [choose the best option]

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* 35. What impact has RPA had on your workforce? [choose most appropriate answer]

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* 36. How do you foresee IA solutions evolving? [choose best option]

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* 37. How realistic do you think it is to integrate all IA capabilities into a single technology solution? [choose best option]

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* 39. What size is your enterprise (corporate revenue)?

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* 40. What role do you hold within the organization?

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