Importance of RPA (Robotic Process Automation) in software Testing. SIVAKIRAN TALARI Senior Consultant CAPGEMINI Technology Services India Ltd. Logo of your organization

Abstract RPA is a Robotic process automation (RPA).Robotic Process Automation enables us with tools to create our own software robots to automate any business process. Robotic process automation is more than a testing tool. There are various RPA tools available across the industry which enables software teams to build and execute automated tests. These tools are exclusively designed to automate testing which helps to reduce the manual effort. Robotic process automation (RPA) tools have taken the concept of test automation tool to the next level, allowing people to build complex and rules driven business processes with little software development skills. This paper attempts to explain why testing industry needs RPA to attain accuracy, repeatability and speed at presumably less cost.

What is RPA? RPA is robotic process automation. It is not an industrial robotic technology or a physical robot. It is only a nonphysical software robot performing process activities by replacing human intervention or activities with application. There is no much difference in RPA and ITPA(Information technology process automation).After all, they both leverage software tools to automate processes – promoting efficiencies, lowering costs, raising accuracy and elevating quality.

Advantage of RPA :- 6.Increased Employee Productivity Codeless 2. Lower Cost 3. Accuracy & Quality 4. Consistency 5. Improved Analytics 6.Increased Employee Productivity 7.Increased Customer Satisfaction 8.Faster 9.Reconciliation from Multiple Systems 10.Versatility 11.Better IT Support and Management

RPA conception used in Financial Sector:- Disadvantages:- Initial Stage setup Lack of Skilled resources Maintenance Cost Not suitable for dynamically changing tasks 100% Process automation is impractical RPA conception used in Financial Sector:- Banking: Report Generation Approval Process for Mortgages Fixed Asset Amortization Foreign Exchange and Bad debt write-offs New account (multiple) entry Journal entry

Insurance: Part of Underwriting Services and policy issuance Electronic filing of policy documents Premiums comparison Update customer data Update data for new products Recoveries and Payments Comparison Capital Markets Reconciliation activities Checking customer records across various systems Customer on-boarding process Upstream and downstream data comparison

FACTS:- The market for RPA is huge and expected to grow rapidly in the next few years. By 2020 the Global Robotics Automation Market is expected to reach $5 billion, with year-on-year growth of between 55 – 65%.

Robotics Process Automation and its implementation challenges The challenges can range from Business (e.g. to provide clear business process steps), to IT (e.g. to provide correct and reliable IT infrastructure with right setup of security policies), to SDLC (to follow correct development methodology and quality standards). Minimum wait time. Addressing missed requirements (business steps and rules) as well as ‘current business process optimization’ while moving to robotics.  Testing the solution may also account new set of challenges. Focus of testing should not derail from testing the robotics solution to testing the underlying applications. 

References & Appendix https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/similarities-differences-between-test-robotic-roger-ashwood http://www.10xds.com/advantages-robotic-process-automation/ https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/robotics-process-automation-part1-hemant-joshi

Years of experience: - 10 years Sivakiran.talari@capgemini.com Author Biography Sivakiran Talari Years of experience: - 10 years Sivakiran.talari@capgemini.com

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