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Digital Innovation and Transformation

Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and Intelligent Automation

Robotic process automation and intelligent automation help organisations remove repetitive manual work, reduce errors and free employees for higher-value tasks. This course explains how to identify suitable processes, assess automation potential, design and build software robots, combine RPA with AI capabilities such as document understanding, and govern an automation programme at scale. Participants complete hands-on exercises with automation tools and develop an automation opportunity pipeline and business case for their own organisation.

5 days Classroom or live online English
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Why attend

From knowledge to real-world impact.

Many organisations still rely on employees to copy data between systems, process standard documents and run routine reports. This course shows you how to identify and prioritise automation opportunities, deliver early results and build a sustainable, well-governed automation capability.

Workplace challenges

Professional Problems This Course Is Designed to Solve

The programme explores practical approaches to the following challenges. Results depend on how the learning is applied in your organisation.

  • Difficulty translating subject knowledge into practical workplace decisions.
  • Inconsistent approaches to the activities covered in the course outline.
  • Lack of a structured plan for applying and reviewing new skills.
Course methodology

How you will learn.

Learning includes process analysis workshops, demonstrations and hands-on exercises with automation tools, case studies of automation programmes, business case development and group work on governance models.

Course objectives

What you'll take away.

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Explain RPA, intelligent automation and their business benefits
  • Identify and assess processes suitable for automation
  • Document processes and design automation solutions
  • Build simple automations using RPA tools
  • Combine RPA with AI for documents, decisions and communication
  • Establish governance and a centre of excellence for automation
Target audience

Who should attend.

This course is suitable for:

  • Business process and operations improvement professionals
  • Finance, HR and shared services managers
  • IT and digital transformation professionals
  • Business analysts
  • Managers responsible for productivity and efficiency programmes
Target competencies

Capabilities you will build.

Participants will develop competencies in:

  • Process assessment
  • Automation design
  • RPA development fundamentals
  • Intelligent document processing
  • Automation governance
  • Business case development
Course outline

Your learning journey.

A focused, practical outline with time to explore, apply and reflect.

Day 1Introduction to Automation

  1. 09:00–09:54RPA, workflow automation and intelligent automation compared
  2. 09:54–10:48Benefits, limitations and common misconceptions
  3. 10:48–11:00Typical use cases in finance, HR, procurement and customer service
  4. 11:00–11:30Coffee break
  5. 11:30–12:12Typical use cases in finance, HR, procurement and customer service (continued)
  6. 12:12–13:06The automation life cycle
  7. 13:06–14:00Exercise: Spotting automation opportunities in daily work

Day 2Identifying and Assessing Processes

  1. 09:00–09:54Process selection criteria and automation potential
  2. 09:54–10:48Process mapping and standardisation before automation
  3. 10:48–11:00Estimating effort, savings and complexity
  4. 11:00–11:30Coffee break
  5. 11:30–12:12Estimating effort, savings and complexity (continued)
  6. 12:12–13:06Building an opportunity pipeline
  7. 13:06–14:00Workshop: Assessing candidate processes

Day 3Designing and Building Robots

  1. 09:00–09:54Automation design documents
  2. 09:54–10:48Core RPA concepts: selectors, variables, workflows and exceptions
  3. 10:48–11:00Attended and unattended automation
  4. 11:00–11:30Coffee break
  5. 11:30–12:12Attended and unattended automation (continued)
  6. 12:12–13:06Testing and quality assurance
  7. 13:06–14:00Lab: Building a simple automation

Day 4Intelligent Automation

  1. 09:00–09:54Document understanding and data extraction
  2. 09:54–10:48Combining automation with generative AI
  3. 10:48–11:00Process mining to discover automation opportunities
  4. 11:00–11:30Coffee break
  5. 11:30–12:12Process mining to discover automation opportunities (continued)
  6. 12:12–13:06Human-in-the-loop design
  7. 13:06–14:00Case study: Automating invoice processing end to end

Day 5Scaling and Governing Automation

  1. 09:00–09:54Centre of excellence models
  2. 09:54–10:48Security, access and controls
  3. 10:48–11:00Monitoring, maintenance and change management
  4. 11:00–11:30Coffee break
  5. 11:30–12:12Monitoring, maintenance and change management (continued)
  6. 12:12–13:06Measuring value and reporting results
  7. 13:06–14:00Capstone: Automation business case and roadmap

The timings provided are estimates and may vary depending on the number of participants and the discussions taking place during the sessions. They are indicative only and do not constitute a binding commitment.

Dates & venues

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Confirmed dates accept registration requests. Tentative dates are enquiry only.

Singapore 9 Nov - 13 Nov 2026
Confirmed dates
€2,820.-Register
Online Live virtual classroom 9 Nov - 13 Nov 2026
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€1,250.-Register
Rome 16 Nov - 20 Nov 2026
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€2,450.-Register
Online Live virtual classroom 16 Nov - 20 Nov 2026
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€1,250.-Register
London 23 Nov - 27 Nov 2026
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€2,450.-Register
Online Live virtual classroom 23 Nov - 27 Nov 2026
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€1,250.-Register
Dubai 7 Dec - 11 Dec 2026
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€3,150.-Register
Online Live virtual classroom 7 Dec - 11 Dec 2026
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€1,250.-Register
Frankfurt 14 Dec - 18 Dec 2026
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€2,650.-Register
Online Live virtual classroom 14 Dec - 18 Dec 2026
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€1,250.-Register
Kuala Lumpur 11 Jan - 15 Jan 2027
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€1,450.-Register
Online Live virtual classroom 11 Jan - 15 Jan 2027
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€1,250.-Register
Paris 25 Jan - 29 Jan 2027
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€2,860.-Register
Online Live virtual classroom 25 Jan - 29 Jan 2027
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€1,250.-Register
Istanbul 8 Feb - 12 Feb 2027
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€2,650.-Register
Online Live virtual classroom 8 Feb - 12 Feb 2027
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€1,250.-Register
Cape Town 15 Feb - 19 Feb 2027
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€1,890.-Register
Online Live virtual classroom 15 Feb - 19 Feb 2027
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Amsterdam 22 Feb - 26 Feb 2027
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€2,540.-Register
Online Live virtual classroom 22 Feb - 26 Feb 2027
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€1,250.-Register
Singapore 8 Mar - 12 Mar 2027
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€2,820.-Register
Online Live virtual classroom 8 Mar - 12 Mar 2027
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€1,250.-Register
London 22 Mar - 26 Mar 2027
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€2,450.-Register
Online Live virtual classroom 22 Mar - 26 Mar 2027
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€1,250.-Register
Dubai 12 Apr - 16 Apr 2027
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€3,150.-Register
Online Live virtual classroom 12 Apr - 16 Apr 2027
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€1,250.-Register
Cape Town 19 Apr - 23 Apr 2027
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€1,890.-Register
Online Live virtual classroom 19 Apr - 23 Apr 2027
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€1,250.-Register
Frankfurt 26 Apr - 30 Apr 2027
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€2,650.-Register
Online Live virtual classroom 26 Apr - 30 Apr 2027
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€1,250.-Register
Kuala Lumpur 10 May - 14 May 2027
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€1,450.-Register
Online Live virtual classroom 10 May - 14 May 2027
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€1,250.-Register
Paris 24 May - 28 May 2027
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€2,860.-Register
Online Live virtual classroom 24 May - 28 May 2027
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€1,250.-Register
Vienna 7 Jun - 11 Jun 2027
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€2,940.-Register
Online Live virtual classroom 7 Jun - 11 Jun 2027
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Istanbul 14 Jun - 18 Jun 2027
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€2,650.-Register
Online Live virtual classroom 14 Jun - 18 Jun 2027
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Amsterdam 21 Jun - 25 Jun 2027
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€2,540.-Register
Online Live virtual classroom 21 Jun - 25 Jun 2027
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Singapore 12 Jul - 16 Jul 2027
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€2,820.-Register
Online Live virtual classroom 12 Jul - 16 Jul 2027
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€1,250.-Register
London 26 Jul - 30 Jul 2027
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€2,450.-Register
Online Live virtual classroom 26 Jul - 30 Jul 2027
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€1,250.-Register
Dubai 9 Aug - 13 Aug 2027
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€3,150.-Register
Online Live virtual classroom 9 Aug - 13 Aug 2027
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€1,250.-Register
Barcelona 16 Aug - 20 Aug 2027
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€2,840.-Register
Online Live virtual classroom 16 Aug - 20 Aug 2027
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€1,250.-Register
Frankfurt 23 Aug - 27 Aug 2027
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€2,650.-Register
Online Live virtual classroom 23 Aug - 27 Aug 2027
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€1,250.-Register
Kuala Lumpur 13 Sept - 17 Sept 2027
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€1,450.-Register
Online Live virtual classroom 13 Sept - 17 Sept 2027
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€1,250.-Register
Paris 20 Sept - 24 Sept 2027
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€2,860.-Register
Online Live virtual classroom 20 Sept - 24 Sept 2027
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€1,250.-Register
Istanbul 11 Oct - 15 Oct 2027
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€2,650.-Register
Online Live virtual classroom 11 Oct - 15 Oct 2027
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€1,250.-Register
Rome 18 Oct - 22 Oct 2027
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€2,450.-Register
Online Live virtual classroom 18 Oct - 22 Oct 2027
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€1,250.-Register
Amsterdam 25 Oct - 29 Oct 2027
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€2,540.-Register
Online Live virtual classroom 25 Oct - 29 Oct 2027
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€1,250.-Register
Singapore 8 Nov - 12 Nov 2027
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€2,820.-Register
Online Live virtual classroom 8 Nov - 12 Nov 2027
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€1,250.-Register
London 22 Nov - 26 Nov 2027
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€2,450.-Register
Online Live virtual classroom 22 Nov - 26 Nov 2027
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€1,250.-Register
Dubai 6 Dec - 10 Dec 2027
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€3,150.-Register
Online Live virtual classroom 6 Dec - 10 Dec 2027
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€1,250.-Register
Frankfurt 13 Dec - 17 Dec 2027
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€2,650.-Register
Online Live virtual classroom 13 Dec - 17 Dec 2027
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€1,250.-Register

Good to know

A few things to know.

How is the course delivered?

Our classroom programmes combine facilitated discussion, case studies, exercises and reflection. The precise format will be confirmed before enrolment.

Can you deliver this programme for our team?

Yes, you can enquire about a tailored programme. Share your goals, group size and preferred dates with our learning team.

Will I receive a certificate?

Participants who complete the programme receive a Smart Horizon certificate of attendance. Smart Horizon programmes are not externally accredited and do not award a professional qualification, licence or designation. Where a course title or outline refers to a professional certification (for example, AACE International's Certified Cost Professional), the programme supports learning and preparation only; the credential itself is awarded solely by the relevant professional body under its own application and examination requirements.

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