Appian Certified Associate Developer 

Identify commonly used Appian resources

Organize an application's structure (e.g., folder structure, group setup)

Describe common Appian use cases

Differentiate between Appian platform permissions (e.g., role-based security)

Differentiate between user experiences (e.g., sites, tempo, embedded)

Recognize the roles and responsibilities of development team members

Differentiate between the stages of the SDLC (e.g., analysis, transformation, deployment, testing, maintenance)

Describe the scrum lifecycle of a user story

Explain the various Agile scrum ceremonies (e.g., refinement, standup, retrospective)

Define the use of each Appian environment used within the SDLC

Demonstrate basic knowledge of managing data and relational databases (RDBMS) (e.g., table relationships and views)

Explain how Appian’s objects interact with relational database management systems

Write basic SQL statements (e.g., create, modify, update, delete)

Troubleshoot issues with database transactions(e.g., SQL, CDTs)

Identify common ways to start or trigger Appian processes

Configure process model properties, common nodes, and user input tasks

Implement tasks within Appian process models according to proven practices

Construct each of the Appian interface components

Configure common variable types within an interface

Configure common interface components (e.g. drop-downs, grids, buttons, validations)

Recognize and implement Appian user experience best practices

Configure an Appian Record Type object to support business requirements

Identify use cases for each record type data source

Design record views and lists

Configure record and related actions