Office of Small Failures / Case File 002Automation triage
Workflow decision machine

Automation Assessment Tool: Should I Automate This?

Score recurring work on repetition, rules, exceptions, risk, reversibility, digital inputs and human judgement.

Describe the recurring work

How this automation assessment tool works

It compares repetition and rule clarity with risk, reversibility, exceptions and the need for human judgement.

Automation vs AI assistance

Stable rules support automation. Ambiguous language or judgement-heavy steps are often better assisted with human review.

Automation assessment FAQs

Should every repetitive task be automated?

No. Risk and judgement matter too.

Does this build the automation?

No. It is a triage tool.