Low-code technologies have proven to be a great asset in an innovation manager’s toolkit to speed up the process by being able to produce a prototype rapidly and increasing the engagement of the software development process through citizen development.
Innovation management systems through low-code:
Foster strategic idea generation by citizen developers
Gain buy-in from stakeholders through low-risk prototyping
Capture value early on in the innovation process
The first step to innovation management is idea generation, which happens through effective communication. By getting the right people involved, new ideas will have a much higher chance of passing the approval stage before being pushed into development. When using tools such as an Ideation Portal, which is available with the Betty Blocks platform, capturing ideas that lead to value becomes much more streamlined. This allows the organization to allocate the right resources and get the right people involved.
Low-code can be used as a catalyst to quickly provide a tangible prototype during the ideation stage while limiting the resources needed to create one. This can catapult a breakthrough idea directly into the development process, making the organization agile and at the forefront of market-leading technologies.
When using low-code throughout the innovation process, it becomes easier to provide feedback based on user experience and debug in the early stages of development. This eliminates the chances of the end product not fitting the criteria for the desired user experience and makes sure that new solutions can easily be adopted.
Because speed is key, organizations want to shorten time-to-market as much as possible. A low-code platform can provide the roadmap that leads to the quickest way of creating an MVP. From there on, low-code can be used to extend a product's features and optimize the customer journey without the need for extensive code.
Buying ready-made software with little to no customization options can be wise when used to solve short-term problems. However, this type of software often does not fit the criteria for innovation as it focuses more on configuration rather than customization. Low-code platforms come with a myriad of customization options, which allows developers to extend, augment, and optimize solutions to fit the requirements for a solution to be innovative. On top of that, low-code gives the ability to iterate on ongoing projects as requirements change swiftly.
Use low-code to steer innovation efforts in the right direction to drive value to the business. This can be in the form of streamlining processes, creating a competitive advantage, or improving the end-user experience. Innovation managers know that the key to reaching these goals lies in the disciplined approach and the right tooling, of which low-code can be a huge asset.
The Betty Blocks platform is centered around citizen development, which is integral to innovation management. Since innovation requires idea generation from all sides of the business, citizen development allows non-developer employees to get involved with the application development process. Through secure governance provided by the platform, citizen developers are mostly limited to configuring tools as needed based on their requirements. This gives traditional developers peace of mind, knowing that the overall codebase cannot be tampered with, while citizen developers can tweak solutions without having to make ticket requests with the IT department.
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