Generative AI and automation will mean low-code coding platforms will become strategic for enterprise transformation efforts. By 2025, Constellation Research estimates more than two-thirds of enterprises will have a standardized low-code tool in house.
That's a big takeaway from Constellation Research analyst Holger Mueller, in a recent published report Key Trends for Low Code in 2024 and Beyond. Mueller wrote:
"Enterprises need to own their digital transformation destiny by creating software assets that enable what matters. Enterprise Acceleration is an all-encompassing enterprise strategy that aligns people and technology so they can become more agile and move faster. The emergence of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) only exacerbates the need for low-code platforms that enable enterprises to build the next-generation platforms they need in order to be winners in the era of digital transformation."
In many ways, low-code platforms will be critical as a bridge between human built code and code via software robots and agents.
Mueller outlined the following CxO considerations when thinking about low code strategies this year and beyond.
- Begin with a low-code mindset. Enterprises can't ignore the importance of low-code platforms as an enabler to digital transformation effort.
- Standardize low-code platforms, but make sure governance is so restrictive that it hampers developers.
- Select low-code platform vendors that can leverage generative AI because processes are going to be automated at a rapid rate.
- Know how low-code platforms interact with your standard applications. CxOs will have to balance enterprise application platforms and low-code offerings.
- Understand your total cost of ownership with low-code platforms to avoid higher software portfolio costs.
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