Gain the most from Appian Technical Review

As businesses increasingly rely on Appian for mission-critical operations, maintaining applications’ quality, security, and performance becomes vital. As a product owner or developer of the Appian application, you may wonder whether your current application has any significant issues that need rectifying or if you are unsure of what improvements to make. To ensure that an organisation’s Appian implementation is optimised, Appian technical review service is available to assess the application’s design, architecture, and overall health.

What does the Appian technical review service look like?

This article explains how to use the technical review service provided by Appian. Here’s an overview of how Appian carries out a technical review of an application:

Initial Consultation:

• Understand business goals and application scope.
• Identify any performance or usability issues.

Architecture and Design Assessment:

• Review process models, data models, UI design, and integrations for efficiency and best practices.

Code Quality Review:

• Evaluate code consistency, error handling, security, and version control adherence.

Performance and Scalability Review:

• Assess application performance, database queries, and infrastructure optimisation (cloud/on-premises).

Best Practices and Customisations Review:

• Analyse custom code and its impact on future upgrades and recommend out-of-the-box alternatives where possible.

Engaging the Developer Team

Once the recommendations are presented, the collaboration between the developer team and Appian’s review team becomes essential.

Here’s how the two teams can engage during the implementation of the suggestions:

Follow-Up Sessions

The review team typically offers follow-up sessions to clarify findings or provide additional guidance. This allows the developers to:

• Discuss the technical feasibility of the recommendations.
• Prioritise implementation based on the impact and urgency of the identified issues.
• Seek clarifications on specific recommendations to ensure accurate execution.

Collaborative Planning and Prioritisation

The developer team and Appian’s experts can jointly create a prioritised action plan, focusing on areas that require immediate attention. This step helps:

• Set clear milestones for fixing critical issues.
• Allocate resources for changes with the most significant impact, such as performance improvements or security fixes.
• Develop a timeline for the gradual implementation of best practices across non-critical areas.

Conclusion

Appian technical review service is a comprehensive process designed to optimise an organisation’s Appian application by addressing architectural, performance, security, and best practice issues. A crucial aspect of this process is the engagement between Appian’s review team and the developers while implementing recommendations. Through follow-up sessions, collaborative planning, training, and ongoing support, Appian ensures that the organisation’s developer team can efficiently adopt the recommendations, leading to a more robust, scalable, and future-proof application.

As you may know, Appian Doctors offer both Consultations and Health Checks. In our Consultancy service, we discuss ideas alongside predefined plans and address any concerns or potential issues. On the other hand, a Health Check is focused on the condition of an organisation’s Appian tenancy, whereas a Technical Review by Appian is focused on a given application.