Appian Corporation is a 25-year-old technology company that focuses on improving process automation for large organizations. Once a year they have an annual conference for developers and partners. They rotate this meeting all over the world, we are lucky enough to have them meet in Washington DC where we have the chance to sit down with one of Appian’s co-founders, Michael Beckley.

During the interview Michael Beckley covered topics like the impact of artificial intelligence on process automation; process automation and acquisition professionals; and how to improve process automation.

Appian Corporation was one of the first companies to embrace a platform that was described as no-code, low-code. The interview will give you a detailed understanding of the benefits of that approach.

After these questions, we pivoted to looking at how Appian Corporation can help the federal audience reach agency goals. Michael detailed concepts like re-using code, compliance, and how Appian uses objects.

During the event, I decided to meet some developers and ask them what questions they would ask if they had the opportunity to sit down with one of the founders of Appian. Let us begin with the questions from the “floor.”  

Minor Mata from Costa Rica. “No questions, we just appreciate all the free training.” He expanded on the concept of not just technology training, but instruction in solving business problems as well. Appian understands that software needs to enable execute in practice.

Noe Miniel from Miami. “Can you improve the speed of the interface?” Appian gives you the tools to speed up the system. That is the purpose of the Appian data fabric.

Jason R. from the federal government. “Can you make the code easier to review?”   Appian incorporates the ability to configure Appian. This can allow senior architects to review the code and not create redundancy. They have template libraries as well as visual tools to allow comparison of code in development.

Listen to the interview to get a bird’s eye view of the progress Appian has made over the years to help federal agencies develop flexible code as well as maintain high compliance standards.

 

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