Rethinking processes – a series of workshops on identifying opportunities for digitalisation

Developer, Industry, Strategics, User

Basic

2 x 4 hours

DE, EN

What you’ll take away
from this workshop series

Over the course of two concise workshop sessions, you’ll gain clarity on your key processes, identify priority areas for optimisation and digitalisation, and develop confidence in a structured approach to process analysis.

Key benefits at a glance:

Systematic identification and exploitation of previously untapped potential
for optimisation and digitalisation
Clarity regarding relevant processes and their potential for improvement
Confidence in a methodical approach to structured process analysis

Challenges

Organisations often face the challenge of optimising or digitising existing processes without having a clear basis for selecting suitable ones.
The “Rethinking Processes” workshop series helps departments to systematically identify opportunities for optimisation and digitisation and to evaluate them in a structured manner.

The focus is on a methodical approach, the active involvement of specialist departments, and the practical application of the content covered.

Typical challenges

A lack of transparency regarding existing business processes and how they interrelate
Uncertainty about which processes are suitable for optimisation or digitalisation
Divergent perspectives across departments without a common basis for evaluation
Good ideas, but no structured prioritisation or robust basis for decision-making
Reliance on ad-hoc individual analyses rather than a repeatable approach

This is precisely where our workshop series “Rethinking Processes” comes in:
Together with your specialist departments, we develop a structured and practical approach to systematically identify, evaluate and prioritise suitable business processes. Participants learn proven methods, apply them directly in their own environment and prepare the results in a way that is transparent and ready for management decision-making.
This creates a robust foundation for further optimisation and digitalisation projects that is technically sound, methodologically sound and organisationally compatible.

Target audience

The workshop is aimed at organisations wishing to systematically analyse their processes and identify opportunities for optimisation and digitalisation, in particular:

Department heads and process managers
Staff from departments with a focus on processes or improvement
Project and transformation managers
Organisations in the early stages of optimisation or digitalisation initiatives

Prerequisites

No specific prior methodological knowledge is required to participate.
However, the following are helpful:

Basic knowledge of your own work and business processes
Willingness to participate actively and engage in cross-departmental exchange
Openness to new methods and structured analytical approaches

The methods taught will be introduced during the workshop and applied collaboratively.

Workshop overview

Kickoff-workshop (approx. 4 hours)

Developing a shared understanding of business processes
Introduction to methods for identifying and analysing suitable processes
Initial application of the methods using specific examples

Implementation phase (Homework)

Application of the methods learnt within one’s own department
Identification of potential processes with scope for optimisation or digitalisation
Methodological support through a buddy programme

Potential workshop (approx. 4 hours)

Presentation and discussion of the identified processes
Clustering and prioritisation
Initial feasibility and benefit assessment
Structured presentation of the results as a basis for management decision-making