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Automation Readiness Quiz
Should you automate that process — and which one first? Answer 12 quick questions for a readiness score, what to automate first, what to fix first, and your next step.
- 2-minute quiz
- Runs in your browser
- Keepable PDF report
A guided self-assessment to orient automation planning, not a formal audit.
No spam — we only use this to send your report and follow up about your project.
Most failed automation projects were process problems
They were not automation problems. A tool got dropped into a process nobody had settled, and the tool got the blame.
This checks whether the groundwork exists first. Answer honestly — a low score is more useful than a high one, because it names what to fix before you spend.
What makes a process ready
Five things, and the last one is the one that decides whether you get funded for a second project, however well the first goes.
- It repeats often — daily or weekly, not once a quarter.
- The steps are stable. If they change every time, the automation breaks every time.
- You can describe it without saying “it depends”, and the systems can be connected.
- You can measure it — before and after. Miss this one and you cannot prove anything afterwards.
What to automate first
The process where the manual step is most obviously wasteful and easiest to measure. Not the most complex, and not the most impressive.
- The first automation is as much about proving the approach as it is about the process.
- Frequent and stable is the corner to pick from — impressive and occasional is the corner that kills programmes.
- A clear, defensible result buys you the second project. A clever one that nobody can measure does not.
When not to automate
Worth saying out loud, because the honest answer is sometimes no — and hearing it before the spend is considerably cheaper than after.
- If it runs a handful of times a month, it rarely pays back.
- If the steps change constantly, maintenance will exceed the manual cost.
- If nobody can describe it clearly, you are automating a disagreement, not a process.
What the score actually tells you
The band matters more than the number. A low score is a to-do list, not a verdict — it names the specific thing standing between you and a project that works.
- No baseline measured? Measure time and errors for two weeks first.
- Exceptions living in one person’s head? Write rules for the common ones before anyone builds.
- If you ask for the emailed summary it posts your scores and a generated PDF — the answers themselves are not sent otherwise.
Twelve questions across four dimensions
A low score names what to fix first, which is more useful than a high one.
Four numbers worth keeping
Why Parix.ai gives this away
We would rather tell you a process is not ready than take the work and have it fail. This is the conversation we have before quoting, on a public page — which is why there is no paywall and no sign-up.
Take the quizWho uses it
Operations leads deciding where to start, and founders checking whether the timing is right before committing budget to a first project.
Pair it with
Price the manual work with the Repetitive Task Cost Estimator, then get a payback period from the Automation ROI Calculator. For the broader question, the AI Readiness Assessment covers data and skills too.
When the groundwork is there
Our workflow automation team builds it — starting with the boring, frequent, measurable process rather than the impressive one.