The business analyst is often referred to as a "miracle worker". Building bridges between business and IT, supported by various tools, methodologies and competences, he/she is often critical for the success of a project. What if, thanks to the trend of low code development, the stakes have just increased and the impact of the business analyst can increase to unseen heights? Gartner, Forrester and real life use cases have shown that a business analyst is the ideal "low code" citizen developer, as they obtain the ideal skills to take up this responsibility. In this session I want to: - Explain the context of low code development and the citizen developer, and why it's an evolution that is here to stay. - Elaborate on the countless amount of benefits that can be achieved through it, and why the business analyst will play a key role. - Inspire business analysts to give low code development a try.

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Traditional IT development has
reached its limitations:
• It’s very expensive to customize
complex applications
• Due to the complexity, long
delivery cycles can be expected
• Many coding standards exists but
the overall development capacity
remains the same
• Real agility is a huge challenge
when it comes to these complex
backend applications
• A lot of organisations struggle to
close the mobile gap
Low coding is a company-wide
strategy to accelerate digital
transformation. It allows
business and IT to work together
and persue innovation. To be
successful, low coding requires
an implementation strategy, an
organisation that supports low
coding, and an underlying
platform to deliver low code
solutions
Enables rapid delivery of (mobile)
business solutions with a
minimum of hand-coding and
lower upfront investment in training
and deployment than for traditional
application development.
Typically consists out:
• Business data model & out-of-
the-box integration (connectors)
• GUI driven build & automation
interface
• Business driven analytics
capabilities
Some of the benefits that can be
expected through low coding:
• Lower Shadow IT by reducing
the amount of excel sheets and
access databases run by
business without support of IT
• Additional IT capacity by
empowering the citizen
developer
• Faster speed to deliver through
real agile development
• Mobile readiness thanks to its
native, mobile ready, character
A citizen developer is a key role in the
organization who actively assists in creating
business value, through the usage of a low
code platform.
They are seen as hands on path finders,
burning the box while doing things.
You could say that they are:
• Not your typical IT developer
• Not yet your typical business stakeholder
So let’s find those who are between business
and IT: The business analyst
Do you have what it takes to become a
citizen developer?
What if, next to the amazing skills you have to
challenge your business, elicitate
requirements, and push the status quo of IT
to deliver the project, you could master
another crucial aspect of the BABOK:
Solutions. Go ahead and re-read this bible
through your low code sunglasses and check
the sections on:
• Prototyping
• Data Flow Diagrams
• Data Modelling
• Interface Analysis
You’ll notice that as from now, there is no reason
to believe that a business analyst should
push his own boundaries when it comes to
delivering IT projects…
Are you triggered but not sure where to start? Let us guide you:
1. Take a look at the different low code development platforms.
They are in fact called HPaPaaS, the official category used
in Gartner’s magic quadrant.
2. You’ll notice that many big companies such as Salesforce,
Microsoft, Outsystems, Mendix, have a low code platform.
3. Get grip an a low code platform of your choice. Take a free
trial, build your first app or automate your first process. No
matter what you do, thing disruptive and master the low
code skills
Once you are familiar with low coding, it’s time to convince your
business in getting started with it. How? Below some examples:
1. Organise a hackathon and create awareness in your
organisation
2. Find the low hanging fruit: a case with high value and low
effort. You’ll be amazed how many you can find when really
searching
3. Assess your business stakeholders and find out how
much they use their own Excel sheets and Access
databases, how big their mobile gap is, and how happy they
are with the applications that are sanctioned by IT
Business
knowledge
27%
Low code
platform
27%
Advanced
formulas
18%
Data
modeling
14%
UX
Design
14%
+32 473/46.68.41 @appfieinfo Gert.vonck@appfie.comLow coding rocks