You're reading from RPA Solution Architect's Handbook Design modern and custom RPA solutions for digital innovation

Product type Paperback

Published in Jun 2023

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781803249605

Length 302 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

UiPath

Concepts

Design

Author (1):

Sachin Sahgal

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Table of Contents (25) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1:Role of a Solution Architect

2. Chapter 1: Why Do We Need a Solution Architect? FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Case Study of a Banking Client

4. Chapter 3: Extracurricular Activities

5. Part 2:Being Techno/Functional

6. Chapter 4: Studying the Lay of the Land

7. Chapter 5: Designing Framework for Consistency and Resiliency

8. Chapter 6: Need for Documentation and Working with SIT/UAT Scripts

9. Chapter 7: RPA Development Phases

10. Chapter 8: Customer Obsession in the RPA Journey

11. Part 3: Tool Agnostic Approach

12. Chapter 9: Intelligent Automation

13. Chapter 10: Hyperautomation: The Future of RPA

14. Chapter 11: Reusable Components

15. Chapter 12: RPA as a Service (RPAaaS)

16. Chapter 13: Finding the Best Solution

17. Part 4:Best Practices

18. Chapter 14: Design Best Practices

19. Chapter 15: Data, Security, and Logs

20. Chapter 16: Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

21. Chapter 17: Reporting, Analytics, Efficiency, and Efficacy

22. Epilogue

23. Index

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