Step 2. Evaluate a Process for Automation | MuleSoft Documentation
# Step 2. Evaluate a Process for Automation
Before you start designing a process for automation, think about the following questions:
  * What processes are there in your company?
  * Who is responsible for the processes?
  * Which criteria are necessary and suitable to evaluate the processes?
  * How can these criteria be described clearly and comprehensively?
  * Where does the data for evaluating the processes come from?
  * Which systems and data are needed to automate the processes?


After gathering this information, you can use the default evaluation template or create your own evaluation criteria and templates to assess the feasibility and benefits of automating a process.
## Step 2.1: Create an Evaluation Criterion
Create a new evaluation criterion to use during the process evaluation:
  1. Open RPA Manager.
  2. In the navigation panel, click the **Process Evaluation** module.
  3. Open the **Evaluation Criteria** view.
  4. Click **Create Benefit**.
     * In the **Name** field, write: `Concurrency`
     * Click the **Exclude** checkbox
     * In the **Definition Gradation 1** field, write: `Yes, allows parallel executions`
     * In the **Definition Gradation 2** field, write: `No, only one execution at a time`
  5. Click **Save**.


## Step 2.2: Create an Evaluation Template
After you create new criteria for evaluation, create a new evaluation template that includes that criteria:
  1. In the navigation panel, click the **Process Evaluation** module.
  2. Open the **Evaluation Templates** view.
  3. Click **Create**.
     * In the **Name** field, write: `My custom template`
     * Scroll down and verify that the **Exclude MuleSoft default evaluation criteria** checkbox is unselected
     * Inside the **Available qualifiers** section, click the **Move All** (→→) button
     * Inside the **Available benefits** section, click the **Move All** (→→) button
Note that the **Concurrency** criterion created in the previous step appears in this section.
  4. Click **Save**.


## Step 2.3: Create a Process Evaluation
When creating a process evaluation, you can select the default evaluation template or a custom template you created.
To create a new process evaluation using the custom template created in the previous step:
  1. In the navigation panel, click the **Process Evaluation** module.
  2. Open the **Process Evaluation** view.
  3. Click **Create**.
     * In the **Name** field, write: `MuleSoft newsletter sign-up`
     * Click the **Template** dropdown and select **My custom template**
  4. Click **OK**.


After confirming these details, you are redirected to the evaluation view where you specify the **Costs** , **Qualifiers** and **Benefits** for this process:
  1. Set the **Manual process execution time** field to `00:10:00`.
  2. In the **Benefits** section, set the **Concurrency** slider to **No, only one execution at a time**.
  3. Click **Save**.


## Step 2.4: Submit the Process to Start an Automation Project
After you finish evaluating a process for automation and confirm that it is suitable, submit the process to the next step to start an automation project:
  1. In the navigation panel, click the **Process Evaluation** module.
  2. Open the **Process Evaluation** view.
  3. Search for the **MuleSoft newsletter sign-up** project in the process list and click the **Approve** () button.
  4. Select the **Project Manager** option.
  5. In the **Project Manager** dropdown menu, select your username.
If your username does not show in the dropdown menu, ensure your user has the **Project Management** privilege.
  6. Click **OK**.


## Next Steps
After the process evaluation finishes and the process is approved, the assigned Project Manager or Center of Excellence can start the automation project.
Continue with Step 3: Create the automation project
## See Also
  * Considering Which Processes to Automate
  * Configuring Process Evaluations