Essentials

Question 1

pros/cons custom development

Answer 1

must have skilled coders
changes are difficult
support done in house

Question 2

pros/cons pre built solution

Answer 2

no development overhead
easy to deploy
not flexible
data silos

Question 3

pros/cons appian

Answer 3

easy to build
intuitive interface
powerful
integrate with external systems

Question 4

appian

Answer 4

simplifies application development. pull in data from any location

Question 5

3 software market appian are leaders in:

Answer 5

bpm (business process management)
case management
mobile app development

Question 6

records

Answer 6

central focus of an application

Question 7

sites

Answer 7

more focused environments for specific applications

Question 8

news

Answer 8

see whats happening in the company. comments cannot be deleted. shows all news by default and from people you follow. starred posts you will get notified about comments

Question 9

quick apps

Answer 9

launch business app quickly
created by business users
dont require training
no need for design access
available immediately

Question 10

ideal way to start a new application:

Answer 10

quick apps

Question 11

quickapp url

Answer 11

take application name and append to your site name

/suite/sites/name-of-application

Question 12

how can analyst use quick apps for

Answer 12

proof of concept

easily modify and add features

Question 13

content developers

Answer 13

create new content
manage existing content
collaborate on content

Question 14

content dev management

Answer 14

view existing content

view summaries of total contents (reports)

Question 15

administrators

Answer 15

manage application security and lifecycle

Question 16

how can you go to the designer interface

Answer 16

through the top right, but sometimes you might not see it because of specific rights. talk to administrator

Question 17

process modeler

Answer 17

manage business workfl

Question 18

inflight modification

Answer 18

modify process as its running

Question 19

what can admin do?

Answer 19

configure system settings
site branding
where users land when they first log in
manage authentication
integrate environment with other systems such as relational database

Question 20

related actions

Answer 20

allow you to start a process

you are starting a process but not from scratch since you have data already