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Intermediate ~14 hours

Process Automation Case Study

Find a real manual process, design an automation (RPA / workflow tool / AI agent), measure the time saved.

n8n / Make / ZapierOptional: Claude or GPT for AI-agent variant

About this project

Automation is the highest-ROI BA work. This project teaches the discovery + design + measurement cycle: shadow a real manual process, identify the parts worth automating, design the solution (Make, Zapier, n8n, or AI agents), implement it, and measure the time savings. Pick a process from your day job, a friend's small business, or a non-profit you volunteer with.

Why build this in 2026?

AI-agent-powered automation is the new BA frontier. BAs who can design and ship these have outsized leverage.

What you'll ship

  • Process documentation (before)
Working automation
Time-savings measurement (before/after)
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Skills you'll practice

business analysisprocess mappingrequirements gathering