Building new apps quickly, while staying fully in control
How the public sector can safely embrace low code app development
A world of apps and opportunity.
Delivering on the demand with low code
Now that online service delivery is expected by default, the big challenge for many organisations is how to practically deliver all the apps that people want.
"In 2015, Gartner estimated that demand for apps was growing five times faster than the capacity of IT teams to build them."
Gartner
"What’s more, 86% of organisations find it hard to recruit technical talent."
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IT backlogs – unblocked
To meet this supply and demand challenge, there has been a big rise in the use of low code application platforms (LCAPs) – which allow apps to be developed by anyone, not just professional IT developers.
There are many of these solutions now available, and appetite is growing. For example, in the enterprise space, Gartner predicts that 50% of medium to large organisations will have an LCAP in place by 2023.
LCAP explained
A simple way for anyone to build apps, using intuitive tools and a drag-and-drop interface – no coding expertise needed:
- Design on a blank canvas or use pre-built templates
- Connect to hundreds of different data sources
- Customise apps with forms, lists, drop-down menus and tutorials
- Launch apps quickly, then update and improve them on a continual basis
Health warning!
There are huge benefits of low code apps – but don’t let them get out of control
When you implement an LCAP for your organisation, you can quickly launch hundreds of apps to digitise more of your services and processes. Passionate, creative and innovative people will spot new opportunities to simplify how they work and to serve citizens in smarter ways.
However, there are potential downsides. As many sectors have discovered with trends like Shadow IT and BYOD, giving people more freedom over how they use technology can create entirely new burdens for the IT department.
Innovation – at speed
Low code app development allows organisations to be far more agile and responsive to changing customer and citizen expectations.
Individual departments can develop their own apps, at their own speed, without being reliant on IT budget and resources. In fact, it can help bring IT and service delivery teams closer together, where they work in partnership to enable rapid innovation.
Importantly, by creating apps on a recognised industry platform – like the Microsoft Power Platform – you also benefit from regular updates and new developments. This helps cut in-house development costs, as you can leverage the ongoing research and investment that goes into the platform itself.
Our Centre of Excellence (CoE)
The PwC Center of Excellence (CoE) is a collection of best practices and methodologies designed to help you get the most out of your Power Platform investment.
Everyone’s platform for low code transformation
With Power Platform, everyone is empowered to build scalable digital solutions with familiar Microsoft tools – regardless of their technical skills.
- Use Power Apps to rapidly create web and mobile experiences using a drag-and-drop interface
- Build once and deploy apps in one click across iOS, Android, Windows and the web
- Customise every detail of an app to optimise for specific tasks, roles and industries
- Enable pro developers to create reusable components they can share with citizen developers
- Connect to data using pre-built or custom connectors
Why work with us
PwC has successfully delivered over
50+ PwC- solution offerings built on Microsoft technology
- Microsoft certified experts resources globally with over 250 based out of the Middle East
- organisations are using the Microsoft Power Platform every month
- Leader, IDC Marketscape, worldwide cloud professional services - 2020
- Leader: Forrester Wave Microsoft Dynamics 365 Services 2019 report
- Major player: Worldwide Microsoft Implementation Services 2019 in the IDC MarketScape
PwC in action
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With entire populations to coordinate, it’s been the biggest vaccination programme in history. It’s a complicated process. One that requires more coordination, project management and analysis than governments and healthcare systems can manage.
Which is where PwC and Microsoft come in – with vaccine management looked after by PwC and tech background support controlled by Microsoft.
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Real-time reporting and better monitoring has allowed for faster response times. Programmes have been able to quickly adapt to new variants and any changing circumstances.
Utilising Microsoft’s familiar tools, and combining them with simple integration points, has also meant that there has been minimal need for upskilling teams.A vital asset when health care services are working around the clock to keep people safe.
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