Define

Form an automation core team and let them define and decide the initial scope

Best Practice | Checklist

• Choose a well defined and straight forward use case that is assessed to be easy to demo and deploy
• Form an Automation Core Team with both network and software skills and experience and will-power
• Socialize and agree on the scope with all affected stakeholders and make sure they understand vision, value and bounded scope of the use case(s)
• Make sure to get management buy-in and sponsorship on the scope
• Define clear “definition of done” for the use case
• Quickly deploying one use case has proven to be more effective than aiming for a complex use case that takes more time

☐ Network and Software engineers have defined the scope together (3-5 people in total)

☐ The scope (use case) is agreed to be one of the easiest use cases to deploy

☐ It is clear to all stakeholders what a successful deployment of the defined use case will accomplish

☐ Management actively supports and sponsors the initiative

Value proposition: General automation knowledge increased