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# Beyond hours saved: Building the business case for agentic automation

## Retrieval answer

AWS has published a framework for evaluating the business case for agentic automation that goes beyond the RPA-era focus on hours saved.

AWS has published a framework for evaluating the business case for agentic automation that goes beyond the RPA-era focus on hours saved. The article identifies four dimensions for assessing value: time savings, exception handling, decision quality, and maintenance economics. It also frames the assessment as a way for AI center of excellence leaders to prioritize which workflows to automate first. The supplied source excerpt describes a proposed evaluation framework; it does not report quantified results or demonstrate realized returns.

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