Nearly every industry is grappling with digital transformation, which necessitates huge efforts to bring technology to a modern, long-term standard. In 2020, worldwide spending on digital transformation reached 1.3 trillion U.S. dollars, growing 10.4% year on year, demonstrating the effort to implement and sustain a “digital-first” approach. The reality is that we live in an extremely reliant world on digital services and technologies, but there is a global skills shortage of software engineers. The demand for developers is only increasing the urgency of digital transformation.
The Disruptive Development Solution
The rising technology playing a key part in forwarding motion is one area of interest. The next generation of development is about pushing transformation through disruptive, democratic, and custom techniques rather than employing established systems or familiar monolithic software. This technology is extremely viable since it not only disrupts the technology sector but it does it with incredible dexterity and without the need for developers to do all of the heavy liftings. Overall, speed is a key aspect in how companies advance. As a result, the market desperately needs solutions to keep projects moving forward, are efficient, and help with skills shortages.
“Rapid application development platforms are considered a viable solution because they reduce the dependency on technical resources, empower existing teams to upskill, and enable development teams to achieve more with a self-service approach to application development,” writes Vijay Pullur for Forbes.
According to Gartner, more than 65% of all application development will be low-code by 2024, while Forrester highlights the development speed with low-code RAD: it can be up to 10 times faster than traditional software development.
Benefits of Low-Code RAD Development
In the sections below, we’ll go over some of the specific advantages of these low-code RAD platforms, along with an infographic from ERS IT Solutions that delves deeper into this important issue.
- Cost-effectiveness – both in terms of the amount of staffing necessary and the overall development volume. You can quickly get an app to market, which is critical in an era of tremendous technological use but limited expenditures.
- Shorter development cycles – helps organizations maintain their competitive advantage, and your overall procedures are significantly more efficient as a result. In addition, the development interface is based on drag-and-drop components, allowing a full project to be created in months or even weeks rather than years.
- Citizen developer-friendly – The democratization of development implies that anyone, including non-IT team members, may swiftly bring an app to market. The development interface is extremely visual and user-friendly, allowing even the most inexperienced developer to create apps that meet IT standards for personal or commercial usage.
- Agility for organizations is critical to the low-code RAD’s promise of digital transformation. IT workers are freed from the requirement to be overly hands-on due to the ability to cycle through iterations quickly, allowing for better ease throughout mobile development. Businesses will almost certainly need to change and adapt flexibly in 2020 and beyond, regardless of the issue.
- Minimize workplace silos – focusing on bridging skill gaps that lead to workplace disconnects. For example, non-IT employees can be retrained while still assisting IT employees with high-volume workloads. This promotes teamwork while also simplifying project development.
More information and analysis regarding these platforms can be found in the entire infographic. You may also read ERS’ comparison of Low-Code RAD vs. No-Code RAD systems. Prepare to start planning your development strategy so that you can successfully deploy low-code RAD in your company or organization.
Good luck with your development!
