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No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying without the written permission of Blue Prism Limited.\n© Blue Prism Limited, 2001 – \u0013 DATE  \\@ \"YYYY\"  \\* MERGEFORMAT \u00142026\u0015\u000b®Blue Prism is a registered trademark of Blue Prism Limited\nAll trademarks are hereby acknowledged and are used to the benefit of their respective owners.\u000bBlue Prism is not responsible for the content of external websites referenced by this document.\nBlue Prism Limited, 2 Cinnamon Park, Crab Lane, Warrington, WA2 0XP, United Kingdom\u000bRegistered in England: Reg. No. 4260035.  Tel: +44 870 879 3000.  Web: \u0013 HYPERLINK \"file:///C:\\\\Users\\\\adutton\\\\Documents\\\\Rebranding\\\\Templates\\\\www.blueprism.com\" \u0014www.blueprism.com\u0015\nContents\n\u0013 TOC \\o \"1-2\" \\h \\z \\u \u0014\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Toc14771884\" \u0014Revision History\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc14771884 \\h \u00142\u0015\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Toc14771885\" \u0014Reference Training\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc14771885 \\h \u00142\u0015\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Toc14771886\" \u0014RESTRICTED DISTRIBUTION\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc14771886 \\h \u00144\u0015\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Toc14771887\" \u00141.\tIntroduction\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc14771887 \\h \u00145\u0015\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Toc14771888\" \u00142.\tOverview\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc14771888 \\h \u00146\u0015\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Toc14771889\" \u00142.1.\tManual Process Description\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc14771889 \\h \u00146\u0015\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Toc14771890\" \u00142.2.\tTarget Systems\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc14771890 \\h \u00146\u0015\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Toc14771891\" \u00143.\tImpacted Business Areas\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc14771891 \\h \u00147\u0015\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Toc14771892\" \u00144.\tProcess Diagram\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc14771892 \\h \u00148\u0015\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Toc14771893\" \u00145.\tProcess Details\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc14771893 \\h \u00149\u0015\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Toc14771894\" \u00146.\tExceptions\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc14771894 \\h \u001410\u0015\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Toc14771895\" \u00146.1.\tBusiness Exceptions\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc14771895 \\h \u001410\u0015\u0015\n\u0015\n\u000f\nRESTRICTED DISTRIBUTION\nThe information is standard Company Confidential but due to its sensitivity it has restricted distribution and viewing within the \u003Cclient name>.\nDocument Version Control\nContributors\nThe content of this document has been authored with the combined input of the following group of key individuals.\nSource Documents\nDocument Sign-off Requirements\nThe following table contains the people required to sign-off and/or review this document and those that require the document for information only.\nDocument Classification\nIntroduction\nThe Process Definition Document (PDD) captures the flow of a business process to be developed within Blue Prism.\nThe flowchart contained within the document captures, at a high level, the business process to be automated, the target systems used within the process and any assumptions that have been taken into account.\nOnce agreed as the basis for the automation of the target process, the flowchart and assumptions will be used as a platform from which the automated solution will be designed.\nChanges to this business process may constitute a request for change and will be subject to the agreed agility program change procedures.\nNote: This document must be completed in the absence of existing process documentation that provides the level of detail required for a process to be automated.  If existing process documentation is to be used instead of a new PDD the following steps should still be undertaken\nExisting process documentation reviewed to ensure it is still up to date and fully captures the current manual process\nExisting process documentation provides the same level of detail that is required for automation\nAgreed by the business as an accurate description of the manual ","cbCaisz3dzMJaHLS","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaisz3dzMJaHLS","docx",1511161,10,"English","# Revision History\n# Reference Training\n# RESTRICTED DISTRIBUTION\n# 1. Introduction\n# 2. Overview\n## 2.1. Manual Process Description\n## 2.2. Target Systems\n# 3. Impacted Business Areas\n# 4. Process Diagram\n# 5. Process Details\n# 6. Exceptions\n## 6.1. 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