TQA AMER RPA Estimator 2026

Project Details

Process / Project Name

Responsible Solutions Engineer

Notes / Assumptions

Phase Duration Estimates (raw days) Risk adjustment applied below

Define (days)

Design (days)

Development (days)

Integration Testing (days)

UAT (days)

Hypercare (days)

Project Parameters

Engagement Type

Pod & Advisory skip the activity model and size by team/deliverables

Project Duration (weeks)

Determines Gantt width (max 65 weeks)

Fixed Price Risk None

Adds days to each phase as a risk buffer

New Client to RPA?

Process Risk

Client Responsiveness

Testing Environment

Phase Summary

Estimate Outputs

Commercials Snapshot

Full detail in the Pricing & Summary tab.

Resourcing Validation Gantt vs phase estimates

Activity-Based Effort Drive phase estimates from this tab

Development / Integration Testing / UAT are computed from the activity list & structure below. Define / Design / Hypercare come from the phase-length pickers. The Fixed-Price risk buffer (Overview) still applies on top.

Process & Structure

Discovery, Testing & Hypercare

Activities

effort = activity hrs × quantity × application multiplier (0 if reused)

Document Understanding — non-standard add-on

Add only if the solution includes DocU / OCR — effort adds to development above

Start date: Weeks: Enter working days (0–5) per week per resource.

Define Design Dev + IT UAT Hypercare

Resource Cost Breakdown

Discount & Pricing

Discount %

AI-assisted delivery % Reduces price (client saving). Build → build-phase share · Advisory/Pod/FDE → whole engagement.

Fixed Price Multiplier

Separate from risk day buffer — this adjusts the final price only.

Margin Policy

Project Margin	Approval Required

Loaded costs ≈ 40% of sell rate (60% target margin). Rates as of Jan 2024.

Commercial Model — Cash Flow Week-on-week resource cost vs invoiced revenue

Billing Payment terms days (invoice → cash)

UiPath Licensing

Quote licences standalone (licence-only deal) or alongside services

Risk & Assumption Summary

Captured here for reuse in the SoW / proposal. Mitigate a risk by adding an assumption, or by adding contingency in Pricing.

Risks

Assumptions

Resource Rate Card

Edit any rate. Toggle Enabled to include in resource selector.

Effort Model (Activity-Based)

Data points behind the Activities tab — edit any value.

Currency Reference Rates

GBP/USD: 1.35

EUR/USD: 1.18

GBP/EUR: 1.16

Reference only — pricing uses the rates above.

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