It’s 2025:
How are You Managing
Your Team of Citizen
Developers and Robots?
| It’s 2025
Jay
Parnau
Software Development Manager |
DuPont Pioneer
in /jay-parnau-63247ab
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Who is DuPont Pioneer?
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| It’s 2025
Who is DuPont Pioneer?
⚬ World's leading developer and supplier of
advanced plant genetics, providing
high-quality seeds to farmers in more
than 90 countries.
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The Mission?
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cloud mobile&
| It’s 2025
The Mission:
Cloud & Mobile
Two strategic initiatives from leadership
⚬ Need a cloud strategy
⚬ Need a good strategy for fast delivery of mobile
solutions
| It’s 2025
Push
Notifications
1 2 3 4
Barcode
Scanning
GPS
Offline
capability
And requirements
keep coming
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Goals
Provide easy
online access to
valuable data
Build clean user
interfaces for web
and mobile
Deliver apps and
innovation at pace
to meet business
needs
v
| It’s 2025
OutSystems in
the House
OutSystems is evaluated and selected to be an
application Cloud platform
⚬ Appeal:
⚬ Low-code development
⚬ Easy and powerful mobile development
⚬ Cloud capabilities
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The Challenge:
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Finding Innovators/Developers
| It’s 2025
Challenge:
Finding Innovators /
Developers
Initially started training professional developers on
OutSystems
Quickly found that non-software-engineer professionals
could learn and use the platform - “Citizen Developers”
| It’s 2025
As projects succeeded, more teams came and wanted to
learn:
⚬ Success builds success
⚬ OutSystems is a gateway drug
⚬ Providing application templates accelerated learning
Leadership became excited with growing successes and
provided full backing
Challenge:
Finding Innovators /
Developers
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Lesson Learned:
Governance
| It’s 2025
Lessons Learned:
Governance
⚬ Despite easy nature of the platform, still need
governance of projects
⚬ DuPont Pioneer uses tooling to help manage
governance (Jira, Confluence)
⚬ Validate everything before it goes to production
| It’s 2025
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Use Cases
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Low-hanging Fruit:
Replacing Spreadsheets
⚬ Many business apps were actually massive
spreadsheets accessed by many users on a file-share
⚬ A no-brainer for replacing with a fast-to-market
OutSystems application
| It’s 2025
Genotyping – Mobile, Offline,
and Analytics
Need a mobile app for Scientists to gather genotyping
data in the field
⚬ Take Pictures
⚬ Attach Metadata
⚬ Often in offline situation
⚬ Sync with server when online
Replaces 2 hour manual data entry process
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Outcomes:
Accelerating the Business with Digital
| It’s 2025
Outcomes:
Accelerating the
Business with Digital
⚬ The OutSystems platform combined with the power of
trained Citizen Developers has allowed DuPont
Pioneer to deliver more faster to their users, partners
and customers.
Thank You!

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    It’s 2025: How areYou Managing Your Team of Citizen Developers and Robots?
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    | It’s 2025 Jay Parnau SoftwareDevelopment Manager | DuPont Pioneer in /jay-parnau-63247ab
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    Powered by: Who isDuPont Pioneer? Powered by:
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    | It’s 2025 Whois DuPont Pioneer? ⚬ World's leading developer and supplier of advanced plant genetics, providing high-quality seeds to farmers in more than 90 countries.
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    Powered by: Poweredby: cloud mobile&
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    | It’s 2025 TheMission: Cloud & Mobile Two strategic initiatives from leadership ⚬ Need a cloud strategy ⚬ Need a good strategy for fast delivery of mobile solutions
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    | It’s 2025 Push Notifications 12 3 4 Barcode Scanning GPS Offline capability And requirements keep coming
  • 9.
    | It’s 2025 Goals Provideeasy online access to valuable data Build clean user interfaces for web and mobile Deliver apps and innovation at pace to meet business needs v
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    | It’s 2025 OutSystemsin the House OutSystems is evaluated and selected to be an application Cloud platform ⚬ Appeal: ⚬ Low-code development ⚬ Easy and powerful mobile development ⚬ Cloud capabilities
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    Powered by: The Challenge: Poweredby: Finding Innovators/Developers
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    | It’s 2025 Challenge: FindingInnovators / Developers Initially started training professional developers on OutSystems Quickly found that non-software-engineer professionals could learn and use the platform - “Citizen Developers”
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    | It’s 2025 Asprojects succeeded, more teams came and wanted to learn: ⚬ Success builds success ⚬ OutSystems is a gateway drug ⚬ Providing application templates accelerated learning Leadership became excited with growing successes and provided full backing Challenge: Finding Innovators / Developers
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    Powered by: Poweredby: Lesson Learned: Governance
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    | It’s 2025 LessonsLearned: Governance ⚬ Despite easy nature of the platform, still need governance of projects ⚬ DuPont Pioneer uses tooling to help manage governance (Jira, Confluence) ⚬ Validate everything before it goes to production
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    | It’s 2025 Low-hangingFruit: Replacing Spreadsheets ⚬ Many business apps were actually massive spreadsheets accessed by many users on a file-share ⚬ A no-brainer for replacing with a fast-to-market OutSystems application
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    | It’s 2025 Genotyping– Mobile, Offline, and Analytics Need a mobile app for Scientists to gather genotyping data in the field ⚬ Take Pictures ⚬ Attach Metadata ⚬ Often in offline situation ⚬ Sync with server when online Replaces 2 hour manual data entry process
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    Powered by: Poweredby: Outcomes: Accelerating the Business with Digital
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    | It’s 2025 Outcomes: Acceleratingthe Business with Digital ⚬ The OutSystems platform combined with the power of trained Citizen Developers has allowed DuPont Pioneer to deliver more faster to their users, partners and customers.
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