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Enterprise App UI Design | In-Depth Guide
In enterprise environments, productivity and efficiency are everything. When you have thousands of users, even the most minor process improvements can hugely impact revenues. Of course, there are countless different ways you can streamline processes. Today, we’re diving deep into enterprise app UI design. More specifically, we’ll cover the unique challenges faced by enterprise design teams, the concrete strategies you can implement to overcome these, the tools at your disposal, and how low-code tools like Budibase are changing the way large organizations build custom apps.
Ronan McQuillan
Jun 27, 2022
Form UI Design | 22 Tips
Form UI design is one of the essential skills in any designer’s arsenal. Forms are the basis of countless different kinds of apps and tools. An effective form can be the difference between a profitable app project and one with poor usability, retention, and engagement. It’s easy to assume that forms are straightforward interfaces, but the reality is that even subtle changes can have a huge impact. Today, we’re going to look at 21 actionable tips for creating better forms.
Ronan McQuillan
Jun 27, 2022
How to Build a GitHub Metrics Dashboard
Managing a GitHub repository is hard. Your developers are too valuable to waste their time on simple admin tasks, like pulling stats. A quick way to overcome this is with a GitHub metrics dashboard. With a dashboard, you can instantly see everything you need to know. You can use a dedicated app to find out what is working well or to discover and fix issues. However, due to the unique nature of GitHub projects, it’s hard to find a pre-made dashboard that suits your needs.
Ronan McQuillan
Jun 13, 2022
Enterprise Workflow Automation
For large, international organizations, efficiency is everything. However, this can’t come at the expense of accuracy, compliance, and security. Enterprise workflow automation is the key to balancing these concerns. Of course, enterprises know this. The real question is how you can implement automation. Or, more specifically, how can enterprises most cost-effectively create automated workflows? That’s exactly what we’re going to cover in this guide. These days, automation can be the difference between remaining competitive or losing your edge, especially for massive, internationally trading organizations.
Ronan McQuillan
Jun 9, 2022
What is IT Process Automation?
IT process automation is the cornerstone of any effective technical team. The goal is to boost efficiency and reduce costs, by eliminating the need for repetitive manual tasks, within your IT department. Automation offers huge benefits across all organizations, but IT departments in particular stand to gain perhaps more than any other. Not least of all because IT professionals are amongst the most highly skilled, with labor costs to match.
Ronan McQuillan
Jun 9, 2022
What is Workflow Analysis? 5-Step Guide
Workflow analysis is an essential element of any transformation, improvement, or optimization project. A thorough understanding of how your workflows function and the value they provide is the first step to all kinds of operational improvements. As such, it’s crucial to get this step right. Despite this, it’s all too common for businesses to jump straight into playing with shiny new automation tools, without a proper understanding of what they’d like to achieve.
Ronan McQuillan
Jun 9, 2022
Workflow Automation | Ultimate Guide
Workflow automation is a critical part of any modern business. With ever-increasing competition, your automation strategy is crucial, no matter your industry. Despite this, many organizations fail to fully reap the benefits. Today, we’re going to cover everything you need to know about automating business workflows. We’ll start by covering the theory behind automation, including what it is, how it works, and the benefits it brings. We’ll then move on to the specific strategies you can use to automate workflows, before taking a look at how Budibase is on a mission to make this easier than ever.
Ronan McQuillan
Jun 9, 2022
Role-Based Access Control | Ultimate Guide
Granting users the right level of access to your systems and data is essential for security and UX alike. Today we’re going to dive deep into the most prominent way to achieve this - role-based access control (RBAC). More specifically, we’re going to cover everything you need to know about implementing RBAC for your application. We’ll start by exploring what RBAC is, and the situations where it’s most effective. Then, we’ll move on to how you can implement a successful RBAC system, including concrete steps you can follow, best practices, and how Budibase makes it a breeze to assign and control user access.
Ronan McQuillan
May 23, 2022