Appian training helps you take control of your projects and feel confident in your team’s ability to manage your Appian applications.
Skills Checklist:
At Appian, our goal is to provide you with the resources you need to become self-sufficient. To aid in that effort, we offer a variety of learning experiences suited to your needs and student learning preferences.
Most Appian training offerings are available for free and on demand through our extensive Academy Online library. This should be your first stop for Appian training at any level.
Online trainings run as fast or as slow as a student needs. As part of our learning methodology, we design each course around active learning. This means students are encouraged to perform the exercises given for each module.
Talented Appian instructors take students on a guided learning experience. Students work at a set group pace alongside their classmates. The topics and objectives for instructor-led training are the same as the online courses, but the instructor is able to mentor and guide each student along the way. In addition, instructor-led training has the added benefit of collaboration and accountability among classmates, which ensures vital concepts are practiced and retained.
Note
Some instructor-led courses, such as Applied Development, do not have online equivalents and can only be taken in the classroom format.
We believe in flexibility and realize that many students benefit from a hybrid training format. For this type of student, we offer instructor-assisted training.
Under this learning experience, students primarily work on their own through the online curriculum. However, students have the added benefit of an instructor hosting live lectures and the ability to meet with the instructor as needed during completion of the course.
While completing the instructor-assisted curriculum, students are able to continue performing their day-to-day work duties. This eases the burden on students and employers alike, who often can't afford to put off their current responsibilities for extended and demanding training sessions.
At Appian, we think a successful team is a combination of a few select roles that each play an important part in project outcomes. When our education services team talks to customers and partners who are just beginning their Appian journey, one of the first things we want them to understand is the who. In other words, before you even begin to select the right training for your Appian team, you need to know who is supposed to be on the team to begin with.
Appian leaders, including Appian stakeholders and decision makers, benefit most from the Appian Overview course. It’s a lightweight curriculum that covers the basics and introduces students to Appian terminology and capabilities.
Appian planners, such as business analysts and project managers, should complete the Appian Foundations course. This training curriculum covers our methodology and teaches students how to properly gather and define requirements. As part of that objective, each student will learn the main objects and components of Appian and how they are used to solve business problems.
Builders are the core of your team, so they should complete our most comprehensive course, the Appian Developer training. More specific training paths for developers are outlined under Developer Courses below.
Administrators benefit from two different courses. The Application Owner, who is responsible for the health and maintenance of existing applications, benefits most from the Application Administrator course. Going a step beyond that, System administrators benefit from the Appian Administrator course. In this course, students learn how to manage Appian instances and servers.
Learn more about these roles and responsibilities in Low-code Team Essentials.
The primary role of a low-code developer is executing the project backlog and building an application. As a developer gains more experience, they may choose to become either a senior / lead developer or put their skills into becoming a test manager. Whatever the path, here are some esssential courses to consider when training developers.
Appian Associate Developers start with the Appian Developer course. This teaches them how to build each low-code Appian object, build user interfaces, and construct automation workflows based on application requirements.
After that, we suggest they also participate in the Appian Applied Development training, which builds on everything a student learns in the Developer curriculum by simulating an actual project with Appian. Students learn how to put our methodology into practice by planning and executing simple application architecture patterns according to the software development life cycle (SDLC).
The goal for an Appian Senior Developer is to implement best practices of performance, scalability, usability, and maintainability. Since working developers are quite busy, we broke down the major interest areas into smaller individual courses. This allows Appian practitioners to get training only on the topic they need, when they need it. Completing each course is optional, but all of the topics covered in the Senior Developer series appear on the Senior Developer Certification exam.
Appian Lead Developers primarily benefit from experience gained in the field. In fact, everything a Lead Developer needs to know has already been taught at the Senior Developer level—the missing piece is simply practice.
While getting the right training is an essential first step, we also believe that it’s important to officially validate the knowledge and experience gained from training. To that end, we offer the Appian Certification Program. We follow industry standards for development and security to ensure our certifications are reliable and trustworthy.
We brought in Appian experts from around the world under the tutelage of certification experts to help build the foundations of the program. A team of expert practitioners defined the expectations and skills to be measured for developers and analysts and then set about creating exams that validate those skills and expectations.
Non-developer team members, such as business analysts, project managers, product owners and UX designers, can benefit from the The Appian Certified Analyst exam. This certification will validate knowledge and training centered around planning successful projects.
Your developers should start down the developer certification pathway, which includes Associate Developer, Senior Developer, and Lead Developer.