Project Methodology
We bring a rigorous, disciplined approach to managing engagements. Appian's project delivery approach is based on industry best practices and geared towards total customer satisfaction. By involving the client in every phase of project delivery, we minimize project risk and ensure frequent client communication.
Designed for effective implementation of the Appian Enterprise BPM Suite, the methodology consists of several high-level steps which cycle iteratively through analysis, synthesis, and delivery to arrive at milestones with built in improvement cycles. Using this methodology, Appian delivers value-added applications to the client more rapidly than traditional software development methodologies.
The benefits of this methodology are delivered through the following:
Client/Professional Services Collaborative Teams
Strong teams facilitate communication of requirements, product knowledge, and best practices. Teaming not only significantly reduces the time to design, construct and deploy a process application, but it also encourages customer self-sufficiency for new process applications. Finally, teams improve user acceptance of the new process by creating management and end-user champions within the client organization.
Frequent Delivery of Working Software Components
Frequent delivery of software components helps identify requirement gaps early in the lifecycle, greatly improving functionality and greatly reducing the development cycle. These working components give the team a tangible measure of success and progress. Regular iterative component deliveries, which are feature based, also improve end-user training and acceptance by continually providing exposure to interfaces and concepts to end-user advocates throughout the lifecycle.
Simplicity
Simplicity delivers the greatest value while containing costs. Because Appian Enterprise delivers tremendous core functionality, analysts can quickly tailor the suite to fit the client's business requirements while minimizing the use of heavy customization. Simplicity reduces the cost of implementing process changes, support costs, and the costs of upgrading to new software versions. Appian's services approach helps keep the business process in the hands of the business process owner and the business user, not the software developer.
Designed for effective implementation of the Appian Enterprise BPM Suite, the methodology consists of several high-level steps which cycle iteratively through analysis, synthesis, and delivery to arrive at milestones with built in improvement cycles. Using this methodology, Appian delivers value-added applications to the client more rapidly than traditional software development methodologies.
The benefits of this methodology are delivered through the following:
Client/Professional Services Collaborative Teams
Strong teams facilitate communication of requirements, product knowledge, and best practices. Teaming not only significantly reduces the time to design, construct and deploy a process application, but it also encourages customer self-sufficiency for new process applications. Finally, teams improve user acceptance of the new process by creating management and end-user champions within the client organization.
Frequent Delivery of Working Software Components
Frequent delivery of software components helps identify requirement gaps early in the lifecycle, greatly improving functionality and greatly reducing the development cycle. These working components give the team a tangible measure of success and progress. Regular iterative component deliveries, which are feature based, also improve end-user training and acceptance by continually providing exposure to interfaces and concepts to end-user advocates throughout the lifecycle.
Simplicity
Simplicity delivers the greatest value while containing costs. Because Appian Enterprise delivers tremendous core functionality, analysts can quickly tailor the suite to fit the client's business requirements while minimizing the use of heavy customization. Simplicity reduces the cost of implementing process changes, support costs, and the costs of upgrading to new software versions. Appian's services approach helps keep the business process in the hands of the business process owner and the business user, not the software developer.
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- Appian's Professional Services teams are trained in and advocate BPMN methodology while designing process models, process patterns, and workflows. Using this industry standard allows both the client and consulting teams to understand business procedures in a graphical notation and gives the organization the ability to communicate these procedures in a standard manner both within and outside the organization.
Benefits
- On-time, on-budget, on-target requirements delivery
- Minimization of implementation costs
- Combination of engagement management and hands-on implementation
- BPMN standards-based process models avoid automating inaccurate and inefficient workflow designs
- Recommendations on the most efficient way to use Appian Enterprise and exposure to all its powerful features
- Strategies and recommendations to best integrate Appian Enterprise with existing third-party applications
- Configuration of Appian Enterprise to best meet desired performance and user-interface requirements