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Start with one recurring task
Describe the input, what an employee does and the required result. A quote request could be registered, assigned and prepared for review. That is a testable assignment. “Automate all our administration” needs further scoping.
Make responsibility concrete
Identify your contact, the builder and the person accepting delivery. Record which decisions remain with your staff. One contact can simplify coordination, but cannot replace your process knowledge or decision authority.
Compare the complete cost
Ask separately about implementation, care, software consumption and changes. Include your time for access, sample data and acceptance. A low price can work for a suitable scope; a higher price needs relevant work and a plausible business case.
Agree what happens when something fails
Specify who receives an alert, which actions can safely retry and how staff work manually during an outage. The n8n documentation gives an example of error workflows. That feature does not establish that it is already configured in your project.
Evaluate an initial delivery
Test a normal request, missing information and a duplicate request. Also check a failed integration. Accept the work against agreed criteria before choosing care or another process step.