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RPA Solution Architect's Handbook

By : Sachin Sahgal
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RPA Solution Architect's Handbook

By: Sachin Sahgal

Overview of this book

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.
Table of Contents (25 chapters)
1
Part 1:Role of a Solution Architect
5
Part 2:Being Techno/Functional
11
Part 3: Tool Agnostic Approach
17
Part 4:Best Practices
22
Epilogue

RPAaaS – an abstraction of SaaS

SaaS is a software licensing model in which software is provided on demand. This is based on the idea that there should be no need for a user to install software on their computer and an even lesser need to install a service (software) onto their systems. Applications are hosted by an organization that may be dedicated to this task or provide the service in exchange for other services. The service provider interfaces with cloud computing resources, manages and monitors your software, fixes issues as they occur, provides 24/7 technical support, and so on.

One of the primary advantages of SaaS is its cost-effectiveness. By subscribing to a SaaS service, businesses and individuals can avoid the high upfront costs associated with purchasing and installing software on their own computers or servers. This can be particularly beneficial for small businesses and start-ups, which may not have the resources to invest in expensive software solutions....