Citizen developers don't have specialized education in software development, but they use it to solve everyday tasks in their work. They can create applications, tools, and processes that help them be more efficient and productive.
For your business to be flexible and adaptive to modern changes, hiring citizen developers is a must. Next, Maxym Prokhorov - Co-founder & CEO of PLATMA - will take a deeper look at citizen development tendencies, its benefits, and tips on how to implement citizen developers in your team.
Citizen developers can bring many benefits to businesses, including:
Citizen developers can quickly build applications using ready-made tools and templates. This significantly reduces the time required to develop new features and products.
Citizen developers do not require special education or programming experience, which leads to lower application development costs.
Citizen developers can create tools for collecting, cleaning, and analyzing data. This allows the team to make more informed decisions.
Citizen developers can build applications and tools that automate routine tasks and free up time for more important tasks. This helps teams to be more efficient and productive.
Citizen development can be an interesting and rewarding experience for other employees. This helps to increase their engagement, motivation, and overall job satisfaction.
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First, start small. Don't try to implement citizen development across the entire company at once. Start with a small pilot project to evaluate the effectiveness of this approach.
Second, provide access to the right tools and resources. Citizen developers need tools and resources to be effective.
Next, organize training and support. Citizen developers need the training to be able to use software development tools and technologies. Provide training for employees so that they can use low/no-code platforms for future work.
Finally, ensure a culture of innovation: encourage employees to come up with ideas and implement them.
Many different companies are already using citizen developers to solve their problems. Nike, for example, uses citizen development to create tools that allow employees to track their productivity.
GE uses citizen development to create applications that help engineers manage complex machines.
And with the help of citizen developers, Walmart creates tools that make it easier for employees to process orders.