System and method for bot automation lifecycle management

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11383377-B2
Application number	US-201816155309-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 9, 2018
Priority date	Oct 9, 2018
Publication date	Jul 12, 2022
Grant date	Jul 12, 2022

Abstract

Systems and methods for Bot automation lifecycle management are disclosed. According to one embodiment, in an information processing apparatus comprising at least one computer processor, a method for Bot automation lifecycle management may include: (1) receiving information on a proposed automation process; (2) using the information, calculating a complexity score, an automation time requirement, an automation cost, an automation efficiency, and a Bot requirement; (3) calculating a feasibility score based on the complexity score, the automation time requirement, the automation cost, the automation efficiency, and the Bot requirement; (4) generating a feasibility report based on the feasibility score; (5) exporting the proposed automation process to a build process; and (6) confirming the build process as complete and assessing an actual complexity score, an actual automation time requirement, an actual automation cost, an actual automation efficiency, and an actual Bot requirement.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for Bot automation lifecycle management, comprising:
in an information processing apparatus comprising at least one computer processor:
receiving information on a proposed automation process, wherein the proposed automation process includes a proposal to automate a user process, wherein the information includes a series of steps performed by a user within a computer program, and wherein the series of steps includes steps performed by the user to complete the user process;
using the information, calculating a complexity score, wherein a value of the complexity score is calculated based on a number of answers to a corresponding number of questions,
using the information, calculating an automation time requirement, an automation cost, an automation efficiency, and a number of Bots required to automate the user process;
calculating a feasibility score based on the complexity score, the automation time requirement, the automation cost, the automation efficiency, and the number of Bots required to automate the user process;
generating a feasibility report based on the feasibility score;
exporting the proposed automation process to a build process;
building, through the build process, the proposed automation process, including the number of Bots required to automate the user process, wherein the building produces a built automation process; and
confirming the build process as complete and assessing an actual complexity score, an actual automation time requirement, an actual automation cost, an actual automation efficiency, and an actual number of Bots required to automate the user process.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
using at least one of the actual complexity score, the actual automation time requirement, the actual automation cost, the actual automation efficiency, and the actual number of Bots required to automate the user process to calculate at least one of a second complexity score, a second automation time requirement, a second automation cost, a second automation efficiency, and a second number of Bots required to automate a second user process for a second proposed automation process.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information on a proposed automation process comprises at least one of a name of the proposed automation process, an end-to-end description of the proposed automation process, a number and type of applications in the proposed automation process, a number of independent steps in the proposed automation process, a trigger for the proposed automation process, a volume of activity associated with the proposed automation process, a regulatory requirement for the proposed automation process, and a complexity of a security framework for the proposed automation process.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information on the proposed automation process is received from an interactive questionnaire.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the complexity score, the automation time requirement, the automation cost, the automation efficiency is provided as a low score, medium score, or a high score.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein weight variables applied to determine at least one of the complexity score, the automation time requirement, the automation cost, or the automation efficiency are adjustable.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the weight variables are based on at least one prior completed automation process.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the feasibility report presents the feasibility score versus at least one of the complexity score, the automation time requirement, the automation cost, the automation efficiency, and the number of Bots required to automate a second user process.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving a user acceptance testing assessment; and
deploying the built automation process to a production environment.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
receiving a risk assessment of the built automation process before deploying the built automation process to the production environment.

11. A system for Bot automation lifecycle management, comprising:
at least one computer processor executing a computer program; an automation module; and a Bot automation database that scores data for generating a feasibility score;

wherein:
the computer program receives information on a proposed automation process, wherein the proposed automation process includes a proposal to automate a user process, wherein the information includes a series of steps performed by a user within a computer program, and wherein the series of steps includes steps performed by the user to complete the user process;
the computer program calculates a complexity score, wherein a value of the complexity score is calculated based on a number of answers to a corresponding number of questions,
the computer program calculates an automation time requirement, an automation cost, an automation efficiency, and a number of Bots required to automate the user process;
the computer program calculates the feasibility score based on the complexity score, the automation time requirement, the automation cost, the automation efficiency, the number of Bots required to automate the user process, and the data from the Bot automation database;
the computer program generates a feasibility report based on the feasibility score;
the computer program exports the proposed automation process to a build process executed by the automation module;
the automation module builds the proposed automation process, including the number of Bots required to automate the user process, wherein the building produces a built automation process; and
the computer program confirms the build process as complete and assessing an actual complexity score, an actual automation time requirement, an actual automation cost, an actual automation efficiency, and an actual number of Bots required to automate the user process.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein using at least one of the actual complexity score, the actual automation time requirement, the actual automation cost, the actual automation efficiency, and the actual number of Bots required to automate the user process, the computer program calculates at least one of a second complexity score, a second automation time requirement, a second automation cost, a second automation efficiency, and a second number of Bots required to automate a second user process for a second proposed automation process.

13. The system of claim 11 , wherein the information on a proposed automation process comprises at least one of a name of the proposed automation process, an end-to-end description of the proposed automation process, a number and type of applications in the proposed automation process, a number of independent steps in the proposed automation process, a trigger for the proposed automation process, a volume of activity associated with the proposed automation process, a regulatory requirement for the proposed automation process, and a complexity of a security framework for the proposed automation process.

14. The system of claim 11 , wherein the information on the proposed automation process is received from an interactive questionnaire.

15. The system of claim 11 , wherein at least one of the complexity score, the automation time requirement, the automation cost, the automation efficiency is provided as a low score, medium score, or a high score.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein weight variables applied to determine at least one of the complexity score, the automation time requiremen

Assignees

• Jpmorgan Chase Bank Na

Inventors

• Murthy Shamanth
• Garg Sanjay Saran
• Jangid Vikash Kumar
• Rathore Vikramaditya Singh

Classifications

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• G06Q10/063 Primary

  Operations research, analysis or management · CPC title

• G05B19/4188

  characterised by CIM planning or realisation · CPC title