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Low-code approach in IT project development
How low-code helps business: implementing a platform to automate processes and accelerate IT product development
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Low-code is a development concept in which developers are responsible for creating a builder, a universal tool for solving complex and non-standard tasks, from which all business requirements are later formed. Low-code speeds up the rollout of new functionality in a project and reduces development costs.
Low-code principles
- Building a configurator
- Visual modeling
- Reduced development time
Comparing low-code with code-first development
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Low-code (LCDP) Code-first Required resources for implementation: 2-3 managers (or business analysts) and 1-2 developers.
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A development team (~7 people) and 1 manager (or business analyst).
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Implementation time In the LCDP concept, development goes through 3 stages: task - builder - finished functionality.
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Developers are not burdened with dull tasks, and in some cases the business gets changes faster.
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In the code-first paradigm, development follows the pattern: task - finished solution.
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The code-first cycle is longer because any change goes through the standard development cycle. Documentation
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User interfaces, business processes, data, and integrations in LCDP are visualized, allowing the business to formulate change requests more clearly and have a unambiguous, understandable view, provided naming conventions are followed.
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In the code-first paradigm, code and user documentation are always separate.
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Maintaining documentation requires extra effort, which does not eliminate duplicate content and narrative ambiguity.
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LCDP is easier to hand over to operations thanks to its self-documenting nature and the simplicity of standardizing logging.
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Deployment requires high development culture from both developers and company management. Engineer retention
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Engineers do not handle repetitive routine tasks; their responsibility is reusable builder components.
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This allows developers to focus on quality and the business to focus on value.
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If developers are responsible for delivering and modifying the final value, engineers burn out and the business generates fewer changes.
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Solving these problems requires serious investments in developing communication culture and complex processes. Labor cost
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The main focus is on developing the builder or configuring an existing one; functionality changes can also be made directly by the customer.
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This reduces development time and the cost of the final solution.
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The cost of a ready-made solution is determined not only by development, but also by the need for further enhancements and technical support, which raise the price many times over.
Benefits of the low-code concept
Flexibility in choosing the tool A low-code builder can be either a ready-made solution or one that requires development. Future functionality is assembled on top of it. Less dependence on development Advanced business users can adjust ready-made functionality themselves, while the IT department develops only fundamentally new components and logic. IT department as the brain, not the hands The IT department becomes not an executor, but a consultant and controller of the changes being made.
Our LCDP implementation cases
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Enabled Polaris to easily launch new products to marketplaces and update product information in a few clicks Learn more
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Developed a target system integration architecture for a manufacturing enterprise.
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Implemented ESB technology and launched 48 streams Learn more
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Implemented scalable service bus for ATIMO Learn more
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