Automation Explained
Automation affects every business and every role. In this course, get up to speed on ideas like RPA, Intelligent Automation and Hyperautomation, explore the tools and techniques, define approaches and strategy, and cover the automation marketplace.
What you'll learn
Whatever your role, the growing importance of automation can’t be ignored. In this short, fast-paced course, you’ll quickly ramp up on automation—what it means, how to think about it, and how to implement it. First, we’ll begin with automation from “the bottom up” — starting with your own life and work, and expanding on those ideas to apply them to your team and organization. We’ll then dive into different types of automation — including Robotic Process Automation (RPA), Intelligent Automation and Hyperautomation. Finally, we’ll explore automation strategy, best practices and approaches. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have a much better understanding of how automation can add incredible value to your team or organization.
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About the author
Simon is Creative Director and Principal Author at Pluralsight. With over three decades of software development experience, he's programmed in every discipline: from finance to transportation, nuclear reactors to game development. Prior to joining Pluralsight, Simon was the principal developer author at lynda.com. His first video course released back in 2002: since then, his popular courses have been viewed by hundreds of thousands of developers. His current focus is both on the new — the latest... more