Undoubtedly, the traditional software development approach has taken to the level we see today. However, in the digital 2.0 era, businesses need a more agile and fast system. The time to market and efficiency have become critical. The business landscape is very dynamic these days, which requires a quick response. Increasing ‘Developer Velocity’ is key to fueling business performance, says a McKinsey paper.
As the business landscape has become more dynamic and complex, the question of ‘speed’ has become even more profound. However, businesses cannot afford a system that takes them months to develop an enterprise application. And even if they launch it, the requirements may change, making the entire effort redundant. New technologies like Low Code and No Code come into the picture, as they can automate most of the tasks quickly by reducing coding and minimizing the software development lifecycle.
What is Low Code?
The need to accelerate innovation to respond swiftly is more critical than ever. In this context, low-code platforms are being viewed as a solution to these pressing business challenges. These next-gen solutions are helping businesses to innovate and scale up while bringing down the overall IT costs and risks.
To put it simply, low code is a much more streamlined and efficient process than traditional low coding. It involves using pre-built templates or drawing a workflow diagram to create an application. It is all about minimizing coding and reducing development time.
Why Adopt Low Code Solution: The Business Advantages of Workflow Automation
A business should adopt a low-code app builder like Microsoft Power Apps; the answer to this question is straightforward: this is no longer a choice but a necessity. Can you afford to stick with the traditional method when by using a low code platform, you can reduce the application development life cycle up to 70%-90%? Here are some of the benefits:
This reduces the overhead in building and deploying apps in organizations with multiple tenants. Additionally, you save on development as it minimizes the development time. Power Apps offers a lot of pre-built templates and connections, as well as other features that make it easier to develop an app. The Total Economic Impact of Power Apps study by Forrester revealed that companies that used Power Apps for their custom applications were able to reduce their development costs by 74%.
A low code solution, such as Power Apps, offers the fastest way for your business to develop professional apps to meet your business needs. Companies no longer have to wait for IT. Thanks to the intuitive drag-and-drop interface with pre-built templates, they can build an app in weeks, if not days. Also, they do not need to deploy their best resources as it can easily be taken care of by a junior developer.
The biggest benefit of an automation tool like Power Apps is that it allows enterprises to launch applications quickly. They can add features and functionalities as the need arises.
Besides the obvious benefits, an LCNC (Low Code, No Code) solution allows you to easily automate manual processes while eliminating repetitive tasks by streamlining the workflow. Thus, your IT team’s productivity increases, which will be visible to you. You will have a speedier time to market and increased revenue.
Automating Workflow: Limitless Possibilities
With a powerful low code platform like Power Apps, almost everything can be automated, the workflow can be streamlined.
For example, let’s understand how a powerful low code builder like Power Apps can help you build a leave management application for your requirement. Building a Leave Management System to automate your leave requests and approval procedure is possible. Most small and medium enterprises use spreadsheets and manually fill data to track employee leaves. The process is highly inefficient and error prone. A mistake can cause payroll-related errors.
Automating leave management can help you streamline and centralize all leave requests. The process is completed with the help of a SharePoint list of leaves request, history, balance and approvals. Managing all stages of leaves—from leaves application to leaves balance updating.
Summing up
On a final note, automating business processes within your cloud ecosystem can help unlock many potential benefits for enterprises. And more importantly, they are intended for non-technical users that make such platforms an intelligent choice.
Planning digitizing business process to gain efficiency or replace legacy application? Talk to our consultant to understand how Microsoft Power Apps and Power Automate can help digitize business process using low-code / no-code approach.
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