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RPA and IPA - Strategy and Management


Overview

Reference No TGS-2020001515
Part of Graduate Certificate in Intelligent Software Agents
Duration 2 days
Course Time 9.00am - 5.00pm
Enquiry Please email ask-iss@nus.edu.sg for more details

As Singapore increases our focus to excel in the fast-changing Digital Business Economy, our Smart Nation and Industry 4.0 initiatives are aimed at developing people-centric solutions to address global urban challenges by harnessing info-communications technologies, networks and big data to create solutions enabled by technology. As such, the decision to adopt IPA as one of the key digital transformation initiatives must be considered a top priority by key decision-makers in this new digital era.

Robotic Process Automation (RPA) has successfully demonstrated the ability to improve the overall productivity of between 10% - 20% by automating repetitive, replicable and routine tasks. New research and development incorporating Cognitive Intelligence into RPA; also known as Intelligent Process Automation (IPA), is intended to take RPA further by combining Business Process Reengineering (BPR) with RPA and Machine Learning (ML) to further exploit the opportunities of improving the overall productivity of an organisation and improving customer experience in this Digital Economy. Some studies indicate that the implementation of IPA can potentially extend organisational productivity improvement to beyond 70% - 80% of existing processes.

IPA (augmented with ML) to mimic activities carried out by humans and, over time, learns to do them even better is a fundamental shift from just automating what the human does today. IPA is basically traditional RPA powered with decision-making capabilities from advances in deep learning and cognitive technology. The promise of IPA is to radically enhance efficiency, increased worker performance, reduce operational risks, and improve response times and customer experiences.

This course is a part of  Graduate Certificate in Intelligent Software Agents, which is a part of the Stackable Graduate Certificate Programme in Artificial Intelligent Systems offered by NUS-ISS.

Upcoming Classes

Class 1 01 Mar 2025 to 08 Mar 2025 (Full Time)

Duration: 2 days

Time:
09:00am to 05:00pm



Key Takeaways

Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:

  • Have a practical insights of the key concepts of Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and Intelligent Process Automation (IPA)
  • Establish the right strategy for RPA / IPA implementation through the effective use of the process redesign, routine tasks and workflow automation and decision making via Machine Learning technologies.
  • Analyse the practical use cases for RPA and how it can further be improved via IPA
  • Select the right RPA / IPA engine, vendors (if appropriate) and implementation strategy for the organization
  • Evaluate the challenges and people’s resistance in an RPA / IPA implementation and design a programme to overcome these challenges



Who Should Attend

The target audience for this course include:

  • Digital Leaders who need to establish RPA / IPA strategy and develop RPA / IPA business cases for their organisation; and
  • Digital and / or Infocomm Technology (ICT) Professionals in Organisations that will benefit from leveraging RPA / IPA in Customer Experience and Productivity Improvement

Prerequisite:
There are no prerequisite to this course.  Anyone can attend.  No IT or programming knowledge required for this 2-day course.

What to Bring

No printed course materials will be issued.
Bring Your Own Laptop – Participants are required to bring your own internet-enabled laptop with these recommended configuration; Intel Core i5 (sixth generation or newer) or equivalent, Microsoft Windows 10 Professional, 8GB (or higher) RAM. The recommended web browser is Google Chrome to access courseware on the ISS learning management system.

Minimum

Recommended

Computer and processor

Intel Core i5 or equivalent

Intel Core i7  or equivalent

Memory

8 GB RAM

16 GB RAM

Hard Disk

500 GB disk size

 

Display

1280 x 768 screen resolution

 

Graphics

Graphics hardware acceleration requires DirectX 9 or later, with WDDM 2.0 or higher for Windows 10 (or WDDM 1.3 or higher for Windows 10 Fall Creators Update).

DirectX 10 graphics card for graphics hardware acceleration

Others

An internet connection – broadband wired or wireless

Speakers and a microphone – built-in or USB plug-in or wireless Bluetooth

A webcam or HD webcam - built-in or USB plug-in

 




What Will Be Covered

This course will cover :

1. RPA / IPA Strategy
  • Setting the vision, roadmap and strategy for Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and Intelligent Process Automation (IPA)
  • Identifying RPA candidates and that can further improved with IPA
  • Writing a compelling business case for RPA/IPA

  • 2. RPA / IPA Deployment and Management
  • RPA / IPA Implementation Framework
  • Common tools for RPA/IPA
  • Managing people impacts of automation / reskill people for new ways of work
  • Establish RPA/ IPA CoE

  • 3. Use of Machine Learning in Process Automation
  • Augmenting RPA with Machine Learning (ML)
  • Business considerations in deploying IPA
  • Reskilling of people for new ways of work with ML



  • Fees & Subsidies

    Fees for 2024
      Full Fee Singaporeans & PRs
    (self-sponsored)
    Full course fee S$1800 S$1800
    ISS Subsidy  - (S$180)
    Nett course fee S$1800 S$1620
    9% GST on nett course fee S$162 S$145.80
    Total nett course fee payable, including GST S$1962 S$1765.80
    Note:
    1. All fees and subsidies are valid from January 2024, unless otherwise advised.
    2. All self-sponsored Singaporeans aged 25 and above can use their SkillsFuture Credit to pay for course fees. For more information about SkillsFuture Credit, click here.
    3. From 1st January 2024, the GST will be increased to 9%.



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    Certificate

    Certificate of Completion
    Participants have to meet a minimum attendance rate of 75% and are required to pass the assessment to be issued a Certificate of Completion.



    Preparing for Your Course

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    WIFI Access

    WIFI access will be made available to participants.

    Venue

    NUS-ISS
    25 Heng Mui Keng Terrace
    Singapore 119615

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    In the event of a change of venue, participants are advised to refer to the acceptance email sent one week prior to the commencement date.

    Course Confirmation

    All classes are subject to confirmation and NUS-ISS will send an acceptance email to participants one week prior to the commencement date. Confirmed registrants are to attend and complete all lectures, class exercises, workshops and assessments (where applicable). Additionally, all responses to feedbacks and surveys conducted by NUS-ISS and its partners must be submitted. All training and assessments will be delivered as described in the course webpage.

    General Enquiry

    Please feel free to write to ask-iss@nus.edu.sg if you have any enquiry or feedback.




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