Is anyone using Citizen Developers in Minnesota?

[Scott Lindgren]

I am wondering if anyone is having success with Citizen Developers and what kinds of controls/reviews you have in place.  I like the concept--does it work?

[kulasubramaniam]

Yes it does work. I have implemented in two companies where I have worked one of them had implemented it before I joined them. It works for No-Code and Low-Code very well. 

Then depending upon the maturity of the group they can grow into a Pro-Code. The key is to 

1) Have good guardrails and review before deployment to production 

2) Have a good support systems to help them get started i.e. have a formal onboarding and regular touchpoint. 

Once you get going you will find that they will be your best champions of your platform

Rgds

Kula

[Community Alums]

Can you share what you put in place for guard rails?

[Jessica Spates]

I am doing citizen development while I work towards becoming a developer. I am an admin/product owner for our finance department, and it is helpful that I can do basic record producer edits, list updates, ...etc on my own. I meet up with our main developer to review my changes and he submits the change request for the sprint. It is a good way for me to get experience developing, and we save time and money because I am in the department I am doing the work for so I understand the BPs and can act as a project manager and developer = reduced errors. 

This may be something you want to consider as you think about who you already have, and may be capable to take on a new challenge. The nice thing about being in a non IT department and doing citizen development is that I can understand both sides of the coin when working through functionality and maintenance.