Stay tuned for improvements to Intelligent Document Processing, DevOps capabilities, and UI improvements. Information lives in silos across the enterprise, causing inefficiencies and delays for your workforce. Records can provide that single-pane-of-glass view that users look for. However, some external data sources are slow, or even worse, rate limited by the vendor hosting that data. Appian’s new feature, Synced Records, offers a solution to this problem.
With the blistering pace of digital transformation, disruption won’t wait for organizations to adapt. In fact, the most important application you write from year to year might be software you have only weeks to write. The best option for success is a software delivery methodology that delivers value fast. Which is where our newly published Appian Delivery Methodology comes in.
If there was a theme around Appian 20.3, it is building on top of an already capable platform. For example, Appian records have been a customer favorite for several years. Records are easy-to-build, and they centralize data from multiple sources into a single actionable view. In this release, we build on the power of Appian records with record-powered grids.
Recently my son asked for a new video game. I get this request fairly often, so I decided to test how badly he really wanted it. I asked for a brief write-up explaining why he wanted to buy it. Because he’s used to my strange requests and adding absurd obstacles to simple processes, he agreed. After less than an hour, I received a decently crafted document for my immediate review. But to further test his commitment, I added comments where I wanted to see more detail.
Go ahead, search the interwebs. There are more posts and articles on “The Ten Commandments of Test Automation” than you can shake a test case at. Go ahead…I’ll wait. Welcome back! To set the stage, I have not read any of those articles. Well, more accurately, I’ve not read any of them recently; most of them I’ve not read at all. I probably read one or two of them in the “before times,” but I don’t remember any of the specific commandments.
COVID-19 and its impact have demonstrated that change can be rapid, disruptive, and non-negotiable. This is especially relevant to enterprise risk management, where the challenge can be summed up in one word: recalibration. Many financial institutions have been investing in model-driven analysis and data-anchored approaches. We know that the models themselves must adapt as situations change. But what about the processes and policy governance that surround these models?
