AEP study materials
AEP study resources

AEP study plan

AEP · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 7 hours per week

Week 1

Data Modeling and Records

  • Sketch a normalized data model for a sample business case, separating record types from related reference data

  • Define record type relationships (one-to-many, many-to-many) and justify each cardinality in writing

  • Identify which fields should be primary keys, foreign keys, and lookup references

  • Build a small glossary of data-modeling terms and match each to a concrete example in your model

Your checkpoint

A one-page data model diagram plus a written rationale covering at least 6 record types and their relationships

Week 2

Data Modeling and Records & Process Modeling and Automation

  • Create record types, fields, and relationships in a practice environment and load sample data

  • Write validations and field-level constraints that enforce your business rules

  • Design two process models that write to and read from your record types

  • Trace how a process variable maps to a record field and document the mapping

Your checkpoint

A working practice app with at least 4 record types, seeded data, and 2 processes that create and update records

Week 3

Process Modeling and Automation

  • Model a multi-step approval process with gateways, assignments, and escalation paths

  • Configure task assignment using groups and dynamic assignees

  • Add error handling and a boundary path for a failed external call

  • Explain the difference between process variables, node inputs, and rule inputs in your own notes

Your checkpoint

A documented approval process with a decision gateway, an escalation timer, and a written variable-scope explainer

Week 4

Process Modeling and Automation & Interfaces and User Experience

  • Build a form that collects data and submits into your process

  • Apply conditional visibility and dynamic dropdowns driven by record data

  • Add validation and user feedback on the form

  • Connect a task to a record so the assignee sees context without extra navigation

Your checkpoint

An end-to-end flow: form submission triggers process, assignee acts on task, record updates, verified by test run

Week 5

Interfaces and User Experience

  • Lay out a record list view with filters, sorting, and a detail view

  • Design a dashboard-style page using reusable interface components

  • Apply consistent layout, spacing, and labeling conventions across two interfaces

  • Write a short accessibility and usability checklist and apply it to your pages

Your checkpoint

Two linked interfaces (list and detail) plus a dashboard page, with a completed usability checklist

Week 6

Integrations and Web Services

  • Configure an integration that calls a REST endpoint and parses the response into process variables

  • Map integration errors to user-facing messages and retry logic

  • Describe when to use an integration object versus a connected system in your notes

  • Document authentication options for outbound calls and pick one for your practice integration

Your checkpoint

A working integration with success and failure paths, plus a one-page integration design note

Week 7

Security and Access Control

  • Define groups, roles, and object-level permissions for your practice app

  • Implement record-level visibility so users see only their own or their team's data

  • Audit your app for over-permissioned objects and correct at least two findings

  • Explain how authentication and authorization differ in your own words with examples

Your checkpoint

A permission matrix document plus a verified test showing two users see different record sets

Week 8

Appian Platform Fundamentals and Architecture & Deployment, Testing, and Administration

  • Review platform architecture concepts and write a one-page summary from memory

  • Deploy your practice app between two environments and document the deployment steps

  • Write and run a test plan covering process, interface, and security scenarios

  • Complete a timed mixed-domain practice set and log every missed concept

  • Build a personal weak-area list with a remediation action for each item

Your checkpoint

A deployment runbook, a completed test plan with results, and a prioritized weak-area remediation list

Milestones

Week 2: Data model and seeded practice app exist and can be explained without notes

Week 4: End-to-end form-to-process-to-record flow runs successfully in a test

Week 6: Integration handles both success and failure paths with documented error messaging

Week 7: Two test users demonstrably see different record sets under your permission design

Week 8: Practice app deployed across environments and a scored mixed-domain practice set is complete