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What is Operations Automation? + 5 Examples
Operations automation is a top priority for any modern organization. With shrinking budgets, stiffening competition, and a need for more efficient processes, automation is a daily reality for operations teams. Of course, the ops team touches on just about everything your business does. Smooth, efficient, and robust internal systems are critical. Your operations team are the ones who make this a reality. Automation is just one weapon in this fight, but it becomes a more popular one every day.
Ronan McQuillan
Jul 21, 2022
App UI Design | Ultimate Guide
Building applications is all about making users’ lives easier, smoother, and more efficient. Your app UI design is a critical part of this. As we’ll see, UIs impact everything from the basic usability of your tools to the concrete business value they’ll ultimately provide. Still, we’ve all struggled with using poorly-designed applications. Today we’re going in-depth on what you need to know about building effective UI/UXs. We’ll cover everything from the core principles of design, to specific tools, techniques, and strategies you can use to build incredible UIs.
Ronan McQuillan
Jun 28, 2022
14 Effective Table UI Design Tips + 6 Shortcuts
The humble table is the core of almost any data-centric app interface. Table UI design is central to how your users find, view, and interact with all kinds of information. With such a fundamental role in your tools, the design of your tables and the screens that contain them can have an outsized impact on your overall user experiences. Today, we’re going to look at some of the top ways you can design your tables for maximum efficiency, usability, and effectiveness.
Ronan McQuillan
Jun 27, 2022
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