Low code explained Low-code is a visual approach to software development that enables faster delivery of applications through minimal hand-coding. The graphical user interface and drag-and-drop features of a low-code platform automates aspects of the development process, reducing or eliminating text-based coding.

1. What is low-code?
What can you build with low-code?
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2. What is low-code?
Low-code is a visual approach to
software development that enables
faster delivery of applications through
minimal hand-coding. The graphical
user interface and drag-and-drop
features of a low-code platform
automates aspects of the development
process, reducing or eliminating text-
based coding.
Focus on fostering outside-in,
customer-centric thinking,
accelerating the rate of change, and
developing unique approaches to
sustain differentiation, e.g.
Customer Engagement Apps
Enable customers and partners to
interact or transact with your
organisation, to improve satisfaction,
retention, and revenue.
Operational Efficiency Apps
Employee- or partner-facing apps
designed to lower costs by reducing or
automating manual or paper-based
processes.
Unique Ideas
Structurally solid systems with slow
rates of change and well-defined
requirements, e.g.
Legacy Modernisation Apps
With low-code, you can build
custom apps to supplement or
replace your antiquated legacy
systems. Low-code apps are able
to integrate with existing systems
without disrupting their core
functionality.
Common Ideas
• Migrate Lotus Notes, Microsoft
Access, SharePoint, Excel, etc. to
the cloud.
• Extend the capabilities and
functionality of your systems.
• Rebuild or replace your legacy
systems.
• Agent/broker portals.
• Customer portals.
• Self-service policy.
administration apps.
• Claims management apps.
• Student services apps for
Universities.
Systems of Innovation
Systems of Differentiation
Defined
Requirements
Rate
of
Change
Gartner’s Pace-Layered Model
Systems of Record
Apps that leverage emerging
technologies like IoT, AI, and
Machine Learning to unlock new
sources of value, e.g.
• RFID wristband event access app.
• IoT-based smart building
management app.
What can you build with low-code?
• claims processing
• supply-chain management
• invoice processing
• device tracking
• university registration
• order management apps
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Brand new ideas for organisation.
Fuzzy requirements and a high rate of
change, e.g.
Innovation Apps
Low-code platforms enable
organizations to take a test-and-learn
approach to innovation, exploring new
ideas quickly and at a low cost.
New Ideas
Sources
Gartner, 12 Jan 20212;
Accelerating Innovation by
Adopting a Pace-Layered
Application Strategy
Mendix, 14 June 2022; Low-Code
Examples: What Can You Build?