Master´s Thesis Evaluation by the Opponent
Title of the Master´s Thesis:
Strategic Implementation of RPA System Author of the Master´s Thesis:
Hai Anh Leová
Goals of the Master´s Thesis:
First goal is to give the reader an understanding of what RPA is in the context of automation and digital transformation, its benefits and drawbacks and highlight the attractiveness of the investment due to its constant development and scalability with other AI technologies. Subsequent goal is to suggest steps that need to be taken and a holistic strategy for any company considering RPA implementation.
Evaluation:
Criteria Description Max.
points Points
Content 70%
Output Quality The thesis is well-organized and provides a deep dive into the problematics of automation, digital transformation and mainly the Robotic Process Automation (RPA). The outcomes seem reasonable and are built on this foundation. However the author herself claims, that she did not meant to provided a detailed guide, but rather a general guidelines for the companies to implement the RPA, she could have assessed the financial aspect more in detail. The questions is though, whether the data was accessible or not.
Despite that the suggestion has been offered, that the company should not invest in the RPA implementation, but rather focus on the diversification of the portfolio or entering new markets. I am just wondering how did author come to this conclusion?
20 17
Goals Apart from the aforementioned suggestions, which were not based on any
analyses, the goals of the thesis have been fulfilled. 10 9 Methodology: I do not have any objections towards the methodology. What was a bit
confusing to me was the wording and numbering of the stepts of the implementation process. I believe that it starts with PHASE 2, PHASE 3, then it switches to STEP 3 and then at certain point I got confused by the
“numbering” of the list, since it starts from a) b) then suddenly there is e) (p50).
20 18
Theory/
Conceptualization: Reader can truly gain very deep insight into the topic cover in the thesis and
understand the context of Czech environment. 20 20
Formal requirem t 15% Structure: The thesis is a consistent, well-organised logical whole.
3 3
Terminology: Meets the requirements of such academic work. 4 4
Formalities: Meets the requirements of such academic work. The abstract, however, should contain even the outcomes of the thesis. Page numbering should start from the Introduction chapter. The beginning of the table of content
displays some strange numbering. 4 3,5
Citing: The citation and reference use are of high quality.
4 4
Delivery 15 %
Presentation
document: Is the presentation itself structured in a clear way? Is it appealing and easy to
follow? Does it convey the message efficiently? 5
Presentation
skills: Are you conveying the message efficiently and timely? Do you use
appropriate words, speed, tone of voice, gestures, movement etc. to express
your thoughts in a clear manner? 5
Argumentation: Are you able to readily and briskly react to questions or comments? Are you able to explain unclear parts and connect comments to relevant places in your presentation or parts of particular analyses? How well are you able to
defend to your ideas and recommendations? 5
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