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What job scheduling tool do you use in your automated workflows/architecture?

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Where are you seeing automation or robotics decrease the need for staff?

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Will all software testing eventually be fully automated, or does manual testing have a permanent role to play in developing usable products?

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How does an Automation COE spend their time today? Would love to get perspectives on what does an automation COE spend time on and what percentage of time?

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What are some great tools for integrating security into DevOps?

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Looking for insights on leveraging automation and infrastructure-as-code practices in the cloud … For anyone who has been there/done that, can you elaborate on the specific tools and technologies you have used for implementing infrastructure-as-code and automation in the cloud?

How did they contribute to the success of your projects, and were there any challenges or considerations to keep in mind?

What process do you have in place to identify and terminate orphaned or underutilized resources?

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Thinking of DevOps automation best practices: do you need automation in each stage of the DevOps lifecycle?

Have you ever encountered issues with the built-in automated testing of low-code/no-code tools? How did you solve the problems you ran into?

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We have so many products in the market to extract data from structured (such as documents, and images) and unstructured (such as handwriting, HTML, and emails). Which Intelligent Document Processing Solutions (a.k.a OCR) would you recommend?

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We want to invest in RPA but also consider other options for IT use cases. Our technology stack is modern, limiting RPA's suitability. We aim to remain neutral and weigh RPA against API for automation. RPA vendors claim that it's faster to get started and will show returns faster, and there is quick implementation and easy business-team adoption via UI development. How does RPA fit into automation with modern technology and APIs already available?

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How often / when do your teams write automated tests?

No automated tests, and no intention to ever write them4%

No automated tests, but have an intention to write them in the future37%

Writing automated tests after big feature releases23%

Writing automated tests after several sprints18%

Writing automated tests at the end of the sprint4%

Writing automated tests at the end of each user story3%

Ensuring each commit has automated tests3%

Test Driven Development3%

Other (please comment)

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What is one task or process that your team automated this year that had an unexpected or noteworthy impact?

Which tools do you use for hyperautomation (e.g., UiPath, Automation Anywhere, ProcessMaker etc.)?

Are you currently using enterprise low-code app platforms (LCAP) from any of these vendors? Choose all that apply.

Alibaba8%

Appian21%

Creatio16%

Huawei8%

Kintone8%

Mendix5%

Microsoft39%

Newgen3%

Oracle14%

OutSystems7%

Pega6%

Quickbase5%

Retool3%

Salesforce30%

ServiceNow33%

Unqork4%

Zoho8%

Other (Add in comments)1%

We're not currently using low-code platforms2%

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How do you evaluate opportunities for automation?

We follow a defined hyperautomation process6%

We use decision-making techniques (like SWOT or Pareto analysis)45%

We ask employees for input27%

We follow industry automation trends10%

We base choices off of the automation tools we have available3%

We use another method (I'll comment below to share)5%

We don’t use automation2%

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