QA Automation has always been a strategy that when successfully implemented enables organizations to improve software quality while releasing more frequently. Roughly a year ago a new concept emerged from Gartner as the leading technology trend for 2020, “Hyperautomation”. Hyperautomation is the concept of automating everything in an organization that can be automated utilizing QA Automation, Robotic Process Automation, and Machine Learning / AI. Come discover how you can digitally transform your organization enabling the fully automated enterprise.

1. Hyperautomation
The New Era of Digital
Transformation

2. About Impower
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DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY PRINCIPAL ML/AI ARCHITECT
Jacob Haning
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3. Hyperautomation
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Hyperautomation is the application of combining multiple technologies
like RPA (Robotic Process Automation), QA Automation, ML (Machine
Learning), and AI (Artificial Intelligence) to automate processes across an
organization.

4. Hyperautomation
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5. An Evolution of QA Automation
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Manual Tests
Manual Business
Processes
Repetitive
Mundane
Time Consuming
High Volume
Critical to Organization Success
Automate Automate
Release Quarterly
Release Hourly
2 Week Biz Process
2 Hour Biz Process

6. The Fully Automated Enterprise
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7. The Numbers Don’t Lie
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What could you accomplish with an extra day per week?
What could your organization accomplish?

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Hyperautomation requires a platform; not a tool.
What is the Solution?

9. Vendors
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Combining the best automation technology with the best platform.

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Classic Enterprise Tech Stack
Process Automation Test Automation AI/ML

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HyperAutomated Enterprise Tech Stack
Process Automation Test Automation AI/ML
Shared Skillsets
Shared Code
Shared Architecture
One Enterprise Platform

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What we have realized….
Process Automation Test Automation AI/ML
QA is the true enabler of the Fully
Automated Enterprise!

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Let's Discover How

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Every organization has a key set of technologies they utilize.
Application Portfolio
Custom Built Applications
Employees Are Accessing More and More Business Apps, Study Finds - WSJ
On average organizations support > 100 applications

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The quickest way to enable the Fully Automated Enterprise is by
building small reusable components across your application
portfolio.

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Reusable Components
Custom Built Applications
Key navigational sequences per application
Examples: Login, Run Report, Place Order, Submit Ticket, Provision Server,
Extract Document Data etc..

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So… we know we need to build reusable components for our
application portfolio.
Trivia
Are there any groups of people in an organization who probably
already automate some of these / know how many of these
programs work because they validate them?

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Quality Assurance

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Let's look at some implementation
strategy and results.

21. Shared Components - Process Refund Example
Value Add
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Fully
Automated
Login
Select Order
Process Refund
Application Library Business Process Automation
Automated Test Case
Login
Select Order
Process Refund
~70% COMPONENT REUSABILITY
Outcome
Significant reduction of time to value
Login
Select Order
Process Refund

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Low Code, drag and drop IDE interface.
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Hundreds of prebuilt integrations into the most
popular platforms.
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Build reusable components & libraries.
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Can still code in VB or C#.
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Basic understanding of coding concepts is
important.
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23. Reusable Components
Gherkin Syntax.
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25. Shared Skillsets
Automation Projects
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QA Automation Business Process Automation
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3-5X FASTER DEVELOPMENT TIMES
Outcome
Horizontal scaling across departments

26. Shared Skillsets
Automation Projects
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Citizen Developer
QA Developer
Digital Tester
Business
Understanding
Process
Documentation
Automation
Library
Development
Package
Management
Automation
Testing
Business
Process
Automation
Application
Test
Automation
RPA Developer
Four major roles were identified within the
scope of a data science solution life cycle.
These roles may not correspond to enterprise roles
exactly. The intention of this graphic is to give general
guidance on responsibilities.
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27. Shared Architecture
Enterprise Growth
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Outcome
Enterprise-wide increase in efficiency
>10X FASTER DEPLOYMENT CYCLES
Business Process Automation QA Automation
Shared version
control CI/CD
Shared UiPath
Automation Cloud
Infrastructure
Shared standards
and best practices
ensure Automation
code quality and
robust solution
delivery across the
enterprise
Robots
Orchestrator
Apps Test Manager
Shared Development
Process
Deployment
Pipelines
Code Repos

28. Approach and Outcomes
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3-5X FASTER DEVELOPMENT TIMES
Horizontal scaling across departments
~70% COMPONENT REUSABILITY
Significant reduction of time to value
Enterprise-wide increase in efficiency
>10X FASTER DEPLOYMENT CYCLES
Shared Skillsets
Shared Components
Shared Architecture

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Conclusion
Necessary Cost Center
Validating Applications
Hyperautomation
Value Center
Driving Digital
Transformation
1000’s of hours saved

30. Thank you!