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Agile in Business and IT – with Citizen Development
A guide for digitization managers
Companies’ need for software for innovative products and processes is increasing. At the same time, CIOs have to deal with time and cost pressures as well as the shortage of skilled workers. Low-code development platforms, with the help of which even business users can create apps, provide a remedy. For this approach to be successful, the CIO must make certain preparations. These include selecting the right low-code platform, identifying use cases for which citizen development is suitable, forming a team of governance experts, suitable business users and test users, as well as an agile approach and comprehensive communication with all stakeholders.
Read our guide on how you as a CIO can successfully introduce Citizen Development, how you can avoid the formation of shadow IT, and what requirements a low-code platform must fulfill.
In this guide, we will show you how to establish a Citizen Development framework in your company using three steps.
Read about the benefits that a well-established Citizen Development brings to your company: The shortage of skilled workers is counteracted, no external service providers are needed, and companies get the applications they urgently need much faster. In addition, the loss of control due to shadow IT is avoided, as Citizen Development runs under the supervision of and in cooperation with the IT department.