Is citizen development a threat to business
1Is citizen development a threat to business.
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Low-code tools are making it easier for citizen developers to create custom business apps that improve productivity and agility. But do they put an organization at risk?
Business users have traditionally relied on IT personnel who can write code or manage complex administration tools to build, configure, and modify applications for their specific needs. However, faced with an increasing number of projects and the shrinking number of available developers, IT departments are forced to establish a cut line. As a result, many valid project requests from business units never see the prioritization light of day.
Some companies have responded by teaching their non-technical personnel to code. This do-it-yourself development theme is being catered to by a slew of software vendors under the moniker of “citizen developer” — employees without formal programming training or experience who create apps outside of IT. With minimal coding skills, the thinking goes, non-technical knowledge workers can become citizen developers and (hopefully more quickly) design or configure new applications.