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    The Simple Implementation Guide to Robotic Process Automation (Rpa): How to Best Implement Rpa in an Organization
    The Simple Implementation Guide to Robotic Process Automation (Rpa): How to Best Implement Rpa in an Organization
    The Simple Implementation Guide to Robotic Process Automation (Rpa): How to Best Implement Rpa in an Organization
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    The Simple Implementation Guide to Robotic Process Automation (Rpa): How to Best Implement Rpa in an Organization

    By Kelly Wibbenmeyer, PhD

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    It is simple to start robotic process automation at your organizationas long as you start small.

    If you make it more complicated than it needs to be or try to have one person do everything, then youre destined to fail.

    In this guide to implementing RPA, the author examines critical issues, including how to:

    overcome common problems when implementing RPA in a full-scale effort; start an RPA implementation and successfully carry it out; obtain funding and support from leaders; and build an RPA team poised to succeed.

    The book includes pros and cons of various deployment strategies as well as key factors to consider for each option. Its filled with real examples and time lines to give you a realistic view of how to manage the process.

    This is a perfect quick-start guide to ensuring your organization has thought of all of the factors required to successfully navigate your RPA deployment.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisheriUniverse
    Release dateMar 28, 2018
    ISBN9781532045899
    The Simple Implementation Guide to Robotic Process Automation (Rpa): How to Best Implement Rpa in an Organization
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    Kelly Wibbenmeyer, PhD

    Kelly Wibbenmeyer, Ph.D., is a full-time automation capabilities manager and an adjunct professor. She earned a Ph.D. and a bachelors degree in management information systems and an MBA in project management. She is previously published in two educational journals and is married with two children. She lives in St. Louis, Missouri.

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      The Simple Implementation Guide to Robotic Process Automation (Rpa) - Kelly Wibbenmeyer, PhD

      Copyright © 2018 Kelly Wibbenmeyer, Ph.D.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the author except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

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      ISBN: 978-1-5320-4588-2 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-5320-4589-9 (e)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2018903813

      iUniverse rev. date:   03/26/2018

      Contents

      Preface

      Introduction

      Chapter 1:   An Overview of RPA Deployment

      Overall RPA-Implementation Timeline

      Chapter 2:   Documentation for Getting Started and Funded

      Research

      How to Start a Pilot

      Cost-Benefit Calculations

      Asking for Funding and Approval to Move Forward

      Chapter 3:   The Winning RPA Team and Structure

      Resources for RPA Implementation

      Organizational Structure

      Selecting the RPA-Deployment Model

      Consultants and RPA

      Chapter 4:   How to Get Started with a Successful RPA Deployment

      Starting an RPA Implementation

      Building a Successful RPA Team

      Senior Leadership Support

      Chapter 5:   Implementation Strategy

      Lessons Learned from Pilots

      Questions for Vendors when Implementing RPA

      Using a Vendor to Assist with Implementation

      Deploying RPA Internally

      Our Implementation Strategy

      Key Factors for RPA-Deployment Success

      Final Note on IT and Business

      Chapter 6:   Governance Structure and Documentation

      Researching your way to success

      Document, Document, Document

      IT Controls and Security

      Chapter 7:   Continually Modify and Improve

      Organization Continuously Learns

      RPA Maturity Model

      Staying Ahead of the Competition

      Preface

      With more than twenty years in information technology (IT) and many advanced degrees, including a PhD in management information systems, I was lucky—based on my drive for excellence—to be part of something greater in our organization. I am very well versed in innovative technologies and have been researching automation and robotics for more than ten years. In addition, I have spent more than fifteen years working on data management and analytics platforms, including the foundational aspects of taxonomy management and data-segregation practices. All this background knowledge assists with understanding the requirements and thought process required to implement robotic process automation (RPA) effectively within an organization.

      RPA, also affectionately known as intelligent process automation, has been around for years. When I first received a demo of RPA in late 2016, I quickly realized that RPA is similar to the old testing suites that have been supercharged and rebranded as RPA. In my past life (more than a decade ago), I worked as an automation engineer. My team and I tested within multiple tools. This book shares tips on deployment based on information from leading experts, industry professionals, personal research, and various conferences regarding what works and what does not work.

      This book is meant to be a CliffsNotes version of RPA implementation. Writing this book required many hours on the road, multiple trips, lots of questions, and asking about best practices from others on their own RPA journeys. I hope it enlightens you and challenges you to continue to ask what we aren’t implementing and how we can get started.

      I was motivated to write this book because of my love of sharing knowledge with others and to educate others on the steps of successful RPA deployment.

      Introduction

      Has your leadership made one of these statements?

      • We need to cut Operations and Maintenance (O&M) costs.

      • With all the retirements and increased workload, how will we ever complete all the work?

      • We need to increase the time we spend on more value-added activities, but how do we accomplish this with fewer dollars and fewer resources?

      • IT is already strapped, and we need this report automated yesterday. How are we going to accomplish this task?

      If your leadership is struggling to find a way to reduce O&M, increase value-added activities, and allow the business to assist in the management of more technical tasks, you have probably heard of robotic process automation (RPA). RPA is basically software that automates manual and repetitive tasks. Just imagine: instead of going into work and having your team create reports and pull data from systems before performing analysis, your team is walking into the reports already being run and starting analysis as soon as they arrive. How much time and effort could that save your team? That’s just one example of how RPA can assist in streamlining workflow and increasing organizational efficiencies.

      This book should be read by anyone who wants to know how to deploy RPA effectively in their organization or who simply wants to have a better understanding of the key aspects prior to determining whether RPA is right for their organization. This book

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