RPA Solution Architect's Handbook: Design modern and custom RPA solutions for digital innovation

Drive digital transformation by increasing efficiency and ROI for your organization as a robotic process automation (RPA) solution architect

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Key Features

• Learn architectural design and analysis of enterprise-wide RPA systems with real-world use cases
• Explore tips and best practices to deliver scalable business outcomes through RPA implementation
• Overcome challenges in intelligent automation, data, and security while building RPA solutions

Book Description

RPA solution architects play an important role in the automation journey and initiatives within the organization. However, the implementation process is quite complex and daunting at times. RPA Solution Architect's Handbook is a playbook for solution architects looking to build well-designed and scalable RPA solutions.

You'll begin by understanding the different roles, responsibilities, and interactions between cross-functional teams. Then, you’ll learn about the pillars of a good design: stability, maintainability, scalability, and resilience, helping you develop a process design document, solution design document, SIT/UAT scripts, and wireframes. You'll also learn how to design reusable components for faster, cheaper, and better RPA implementation, and design and develop best practices for module decoupling, handling garbage collection, and exception handling. At the end of the book, you’ll explore the concepts of privacy, security, reporting automated processes, analytics, and taking preventive action to keep the bots healthy.

By the end of this book, you’ll be well equipped to undertake a complete RPA process from design to implementation efficiently.

What you will learn

• Understand the architectural considerations for stability, maintainability, and resilience for effective RPA solution design
• Interact with cross-functional teams for seamless RPA implementation
• Write effective RPA documentation, non-functional requirements, and effective UAT scripts
• Demo RPA solutions, receive feedback, and triage additional requirements based on complexity, time, and cost
• Design considerations for intelligent automation and learn about RPA as a service
• Explore best practices for decoupling, handling garbage collection, and exception handling

Who this book is for

This book is for RPA developers, RPA Sr. developers, or RPA analysts looking to become RPA solution architects. If you are an RPA solution architect, then this book can help you advance your understanding and become more efficient. Familiarity with RPA documentation like SDD, and PDD along with hands-on experience with either one or more RPA tools will be helpful but is not mandatory.

Table of Contents

1. Why Do We Need a Solution Architect?
2. A case study of a Bank client
3. Extracurricular activities
4. Study the Lay of the Land
5. Designing Framework for consistency and resiliency
6. Need for Documentation and Working with SIT/UAT Scripts
7. Development Phases in RPA
8. Customer Obsession in RPA Journey
9. What is the future of RPA?
10. How to make automation intelligent?
11. Reusable components
12. RPA as a service (RPAaaS)
13. Finding the best solution
14. Design Best Practices
15. Data, security, and logs
16. Key Performance Indicator
17. Reporting, Analytics, Efficiency, and Efficacy

Sachin Sahgal is a visionary Solution Architect and Director of Intelligent Automation with 20+ years of expertise in leveraging cutting-edge technologies like RPA and IPA to optimize business processes. As a preeminent Solution Architect, he excels in pre-sales consultations, POCs, RFPs, and technical demos. Sachin's trailblazing reputation in RPA is solidified by successful COE setups and solution deliveries on platforms like Blue Prism, UIPath, and WorkFusion. His involvement in global RFPs and expertise in process review, proposal creation, ROI realization, and implementation planning showcase his dedication to excellence. Specializing in industry-leading technologies, Sachin continuously delivers groundbreaking solutions, driving innovation and success.