RPA for technical developers

For technical developers who will develop or maintain RPA agents (software robots).

Basic familiarity with business processes and any coding language provides a good starting point. Any automation background (test automation, production automation) is a good asset.

Day 1:

What it means to be an automation developer in an agile development team. What requirements and limitations must be considered before engaging in a RPAdevelopment sprint.

Agile/DevOps Development Introduction

• What does it mean to develop and maintain software robots in an Agile/DevOps-oriented environment
• Core concepts
• Team member ways of working and responsibilities.

What is automation in general

• Why do we automate
• What are the similarity and differences between RPA and other forms of process automation.

Culture

• Introduction to an RPA culture
• Key elements of RPA
• Implementation of a RPA culture.

Organization

• Organizational models
• Autonomous teams
• Architecture styles
• Governance.

Day 2:

Robotic Process Automation (RPA) Advanced training is intendent for developers starting their journey to become RPA developers. This training provides a core understanding of DevOps fundamental concepts for anyone involved in an Agile and/or DevOps automation team.

Best practices for mapping and documenting the processes/tasks to be automated. Examples of ways, templates and environments for documenting the process and programming logic and maintaining configuration information.

Processes

• How to identify processes/tasks fit for automation
• How to identify which processes/tasks are not suitable for RPA
• Software delivery lifecycle in a DevOps organization.

Documentation Processes

• Practical examples of how processes/tasks must be observed and documented for RPA
• Why do we need to document in a detailed enough level
• Examples of templates and how software configuration version management and logs should be stored.

Exercise 1

• Simulation of a task to be automated and documentation of the process for technical implementation.

Development of software robot

• How the development work of a software robot starts, which iterations to expect, how to manage change situations
• How to manage backlog
• How to transfer the software robot into production and which pitfalls to avoid
• How to document a software robot implementation.

Course begins at 9.00 and ends at 16.-16.30. Breakfast is served from 8.15 onwards.