According to a 2017 CIO survey, 90% of digital transformation efforts are coming up short. Eighty-six percent of respondents blamed a lack of agility when developing new digital applications. The main culprits: complex and aging IT architectures and lack of skilled resources. IT appears to be hitting a wall.
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What to do?
The answer is to apply modern development approaches, including low-code development platforms, to make rapid and sustainable digital transformation a reality.
How can low-code help me with my digital transformation agenda? A significant part of the answer is speed. You can develop and deliver applications up to ten times faster. But, rather than go on and on about speed (because, frankly, you’ve probably heard that all before), we’re going to explore how the right kind of low-code platform supports four priorities that IT organizations should focus on in digital transformation initiatives. Those priorities are:
- Enable more innovation and cope better with uncertainty.
- More successfully adopt agile.
- Architect more flexible, easier integration.
- Use DevOps practices that deliver software faster, more reliably, and with fewer errors.
Forrester Research defines low-code platforms as those that “enable rapid delivery of business applications with a minimum of hand-coding and minimal upfront investment in setup, training and deployment.”