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Low-Code Application Development

Build the business application that standard software does not offer, at a pace that keeps up with the process instead of a multi-year IT project behind it, and with your own people able to change it afterwards.

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The application you need, not the one a standard package almost provides

Low-code application development covers the full lifecycle of a purpose-built application, from first design through build to going live: a visual, model-driven way of building software that a small team can iterate on in short sprints instead of a year-long specification exercise.

Reusable components, connectors and templates cover most of the groundwork, so the effort goes into the parts of the application that are genuinely specific to how your organisation works.

Roughly ten times faster than a traditional build

A visual, model-driven platform and a library of ready components mean a working application takes weeks of sprints rather than a year of specification and custom development, and stays that fast for the changes that follow it into production.

Built to be changed, not just delivered

Version control and role-based governance are part of the platform, not something bolted on afterwards, so your own team can safely make the next change themselves instead of reopening a project with an external developer.

One answer to a tight labour market

A visual platform that both IT and the business can work in narrows the gap a scarce specialist skillset would otherwise leave open, and lets the people who know the process best stay directly involved in building it.

Capabilities

Visual application development: A model-driven design surface for building, testing and iterating on an application without a traditional development project behind every change.

Full application lifecycle: One platform from first idea and design through build to going live, including version control, rather than separate tools stitched together per phase.

Reusable components and connectors: Pre-built modules, connectors and templates cover the groundwork, so effort goes into what is genuinely specific to your process.

Governance over who can change what: Role-based permissions and version control built into the platform, so changes stay controlled as more people build on it.

Deployment to cloud or on premise: A flexible runtime that fits the infrastructure you already run, rather than dictating a new one.

Independently recognised: Named a leader by both Gartner and Forrester for low-code application platforms, which is a useful data point when this is being weighed against a custom build.

Where it fits

Low-code application development is one of the capabilities we bring into our Process Automation practice, delivered through Mendix. Which platform we propose depends on your process, your existing systems and the volume you handle, not on what we happen to sell.

“We reach for Mendix when the process genuinely does not fit any standard package. Because it covers design through to going live in one platform, our consultants can keep the business owner in the room for the whole build, not just the kick-off meeting.”

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Questions we get asked

When does this make sense instead of standard software?

When the process is genuinely specific to how your organisation works and no off-the-shelf package fits it without heavy workarounds. Where standard software does fit, we propose that instead.

How fast is fast?

A working application typically takes weeks of short sprints rather than a year of specification and custom development, and stays that fast for the changes that follow once it is live.

Can our own people maintain it afterwards?

Yes. Version control and role-based governance are part of the platform, so your team can make the next change themselves instead of reopening a project with an external developer.

Does it replace our ERP or CRM?

No. It fills the gap next to them, for the process your core systems were never built to handle, and connects back into them through the same integration layer as the rest of this practice.

Where has this been used before?

Across banking and insurance, construction, retail, manufacturing, logistics and utilities, wherever a process needed an application that no standard package quite covered.

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