System modernization is a common problem facing organizations that are reliant on tools critical to their day-to-day operations that are costly to maintain and those that use technologies at or well beyond their end of life. Modernization challenges are compounded by budget constraints and additional urgency from system security and cloud hosting requirements. No/Low Code platforms are an excellent option for organizations to quickly modernize their enterprise portfolio of information systems. They provide a development environment where software is created from a drag-and-drop library of existing templates, requiring little to no coding so the core functionality can be created quickly in a secure cloud platform.
The cloud-native platform aspect of No/Low Code is particularly attractive, as it allows system owners to combine the separate goals of modernization and migration in one solution. 它提供了云迁移的快捷方式, where business processes can be quickly built out in a cloud platform, 因此迁移功能, 不是应用程序, 并解决任何遗留软件问题. No/Low代码还提供跨平台兼容性, 因此，软件可以在网络浏览器上使用, 平板电脑, 以及移动设备.
这些是无/低代码平台的一些关键优势, 但它们需要组织承诺才能实现. The No/Low Code approach is designed to ease the burden and cost of software development and maintenance and shift the ownership of critical business systems into the hands of power users instead of relying on contracted support teams. 在评估无/低代码现代化路径时, 一个组织需要做好以下准备:
投资于敏捷开发教育和资源
No/Low Code platforms are designed for an Agile development approach, focusing on identifying capability in the form of user stories, 快速原型, and working closely with the user community to shape the application based on priorities and feedback. This requires the customer organization to participate in development as a member of the Agile team. 工作全球最大体育平台员, 特别是来自组织的过程专家, 需要每日站立的可用性, 产品评审和反馈, 敏捷过程培训.
从企业范围的角度来看待系统现代化
Organizations need to fully embrace No/Low Code as a holistic approach to a new enterprise platform to realize the full return on investment. For a stand-alone application, No/Low Code license costs can be very pricey. 然而, if an organization considers replacing an existing workflow that goes across multiple single function applications with a No/Low Code workflow that integrates all their business processes into a single platform, 这样投资就更有意义了. This enterprise approach eliminates multiple system sustainment teams, 硬件成本, 系统接口, 并且简化了平台维护.
为高级用户提供培训
The ultimate benefit of the No/Low Code platform is the promise of the citizen developer. This power user comes from the organization as a mission expert and primary user of the business system. For a traditional application, they are the voice of whether the software works well or not. 现在在无/低代码场景下, they are able to build out their own capability without having to engage a development team. 他们知道要求, 可以构建组件, 并且会立即知道它是否正常工作. This cuts out the need for a development team on standby and an extended communication cycle from requirements through testing and release. 然而, citizen developers need training on the platform to be inclined to take on this technical role, and time and duties aligned with developing capability for themselves and/or on behalf of the rest of the user community.
建立卓越中心
A center of excellence (COE) is another critical commitment by the organization to ensure effective implementation of the No/Low Code platform across the enterprise. The COE houses technical experts who focus on reuse, security, and performance. The COE provides leadership and mentoring and creates and maintains reusable components from which citizen developers create their own business processes. 除了, the COE maintains standards and operating procedures to ensure the quality of applications.
加速No/Low代码的采用
Organizations need to go all in on a No/Low Code platform to truly achieve what they promise. Look at your users and your full application portfolio to see if you are ready and able to invest in the organizational change needed. Is your team ready to take ownership of their information systems by becoming Agile No/Low Code platform developers? Are you ready to sunset your current systems as you roll out a flexible and scalable cloud platform that integrates your data and workflows? 希望答案是肯定的, and your team is primed to follow through and commit to this new development environment.
This article was originally published in the Public Service Council’s 服务承包商 杂志.
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