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# Create an RPA Project

> For the full documentation index, see: https://docs.mulesoft.com/llms.txt

An RPA project consists of a business process to be automated and a team that is responsible for the
automation.

You can create projects in the following **RPA Manager** views:

- **RPA Home**

- **My RPA** > **My Backlog**

- **My RPA** > **My Processes**

- **Process Evaluation** > **Process Evaluation**

- **Process Automation** > **Process Management**

- **Process Automation** > **Process Management** > **<Category>**

## Before You Begin

- Ask an organization administrator in Access Management to assign you the required permissions:

  <table><colgroup><col> <col> <col></colgroup><thead><tr><th>Action</th><th>RPA Permission</th><th>Deprecated RPA Permission</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><p>Start the automation of a process.</p></td><td><p>RPA Automations Designer, RPA Automations Contributor, RPA Automations Manager, RPA Administrator</p></td><td><p>Process Automation Open, Process Create</p></td></tr></tbody></table>

## Create a Project From RPA Home

Create a project from the RPA Manager home page:

1.  Open the **Home** module of RPA Manager.

2.  Click the quick link **New Process or Evaluation**.

3.  Click **Process**.

4.  Complete the [**New Process** form](#process-project-data).

5.  Click **Start Automation**.

## Create a Project by Starting Automation from an Approved Evaluation

The standard way of automating a process begins with evaluating the feasibility and benefits of the
process automation in the **Process Evaluation** module. RPA Manager shows approved processes in the
backlog views of the **My RPA** module.

Learn how to start the automation of approved processes from there in topic
[Starting Automation of Approved Processes](https://docs.mulesoft.com/rpa-manager/myrpa-start).

## Create a Project From Other Views

To create a new project from any of the views listed at the beginning of this article:

1.  Open the view.

2.  Click **New Process**.

3.  Complete the [**New Process** form](#process-project-data).

4.  Click **Start Automation**.

## Process Project Data

- **Setting**:

  - **Process Owner**:

    User who proposed the process for automation via a process evaluation.

  - **Required Applications for Process**:

    Select all applications here that are required to carry out the process. All applications that
    have been created in the **Process Applications** view of the **Process Automation** module are
    displayed in the drop-down list and can be removed from the input field by clicking the **X**.
    It is important to select all required applications here to ensure that the process can only be
    implemented subsequently by robots that can use these applications.

  - **Process Team**:

    The process team is a group of employees who work together on execution of the process
    automation. Select all team members from the text selection field. Then, by selecting the
    relevant checkboxes in the table, you can authorize the team members to work on the processes in
    the various phases. By default, each team member has authorization to transfer the process from
    their own phase to the next phase. If approval for the next phase is only to be carried out by
    specific team members, then select the checkbox **Advanced Permissions** to assign
    authorizations for approval separately. All team members have read access to the project in all
    phases. The project manager is always part of the team and also always has all authorizations.
    If the checkbox **Advanced Permissions** is deselected, the values of this column are no longer
    taken into account. In that case, only that user who has authorization to work on a phase can
    transfer the Process to the next phase.

  - **Category**:

    A category describes the environment of a process in a few keywords. Choose a category from the
    list.

  - **Use Process Board**:

    Select this checkbox to use a process board. Process boards contain administrative process
    tasks. The tasks transition from **To-do** via **In progress** to **Completed**.

    If you deselect this checkbox, the previous tasks remain, but are no longer displayed and are no
    longer considered for phase transitions.

    As soon as you select the checkbox again, the tasks are displayed and taken into account again.

  - **Create automatic Phase Release Tasks**:

    Select this checkbox to create automatic phase release tasks.

    Phase changes can only be made if the corresponding task has reached the status **Completed**.

- **Process Costs**:

  - **Initial Investment for the Process Automation**:

    The initial investment for the acquisition of the MuleSoft RPA solution and the necessary
    infrastructure is required for the finance analysis.

## See Also

[Preparing Projects](https://docs.mulesoft.com/rpa-manager/processautomation-prepare-project)