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Survey finds 74 percent of IT professionals see low-code solutions as key to rapid application developmentATLANTA, April 11, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- The next time a team member brings up the "RAD enterprise," remind yourself he's not striving to impress you with his 80's slang. Instead, he's hitting on a larger trend for rapid application development (RAD) amidst organizations throughout the U.S. According to the PMG Pulse: IT and the Rise of the RAD Enterprise survey, nearly 60 percent of corporate IT professionals are currently using RAD methodologies in their organizations. This accelerated rate of adoption among survey respondents for this agile software development methodology is due to several challenges, including:
IT professionals are turning to technology with low-code capabilities to overcome these challenges and make RAD possible. In fact, 74 percent of IT professionals identified no and low-code capabilities as key when evaluating RAD platforms. These solutions deliver on two key features IT desires: high-productivity and high-control. "Enterprises often have processes that grow up over time and become their own series of little monsters," said Jon Jenkins, manager of IT business process automation for Kautex Textron. "Low-code capabilities allow teams like mine to take back control so there's less effort, less wasted time and more awareness." Low-code solutions paired with a RAD strategy reducespressures on IT, ultimately improving productivity by empowering a new generation of coders — citizen developers — for application development. Citizen developers, defined by Gartner as a user who creates new business applications for consumption by themselves or others using low-code development platforms provided by corporate IT, are a growing force within the enterprise. In fact, more than 40 percent of respondents expressed interest in citizen developers, with nearly 20 percent of these respondents actively using them. With citizen developers, IT leaders believe their department will:
Ultimately, respondents feel that these industry shifts could usher in a new era of IT. Thirty-four percent of IT professionals think that there will be more emphasis on technical resources with business backgrounds over traditional coders. Additionally, 31 percent see a shifting dynamic from standard coding to configuration. "It's not a renaissance, but it's close," said Joe LeCompte, PMG principal. "In a world where you can pay your taxes from your cell phone, IT should be leading the way toward a simpler way of working. And we're seeing that in the form of RAD methodologies backed by low-code solutions, a trend you can expect to continue." For in-depth survey findings from the PMG Pulse: IT and the Rise of the RAD Enterprise survey, visit http://www2.pmg.net/RADsurvey. About the PMG Pulse: IT and the Rise of the RAD Enterprise About PMG
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