Predictions for the Future of Low-Code Automation – insideBIGDATA

As automation adoption and usage become table stakes of the modern enterprise, an increasingly tech-savvy generation of workers is emerging to supply the accompanying IT support. These individuals not only want powerful software tools; they need them to succeed in their roles, to be more engaged and agile as they move through their responsibilities, and drive results for their organization. Low-code technology is positioned as the solution for sustaining that technical appetite.

While some organizations may already be familiar with low code, the low code of a few years ago is quickly evolving to become even more accessible. As businesses plan their IT investments and consider if the innovation is a fit for their needs, heres what they can look forward to:

Low code will become more prevalent across all business functionsnot just IT

Traditionally, automation usage and application development has been reserved to those in IT and engineering. While this ownership makes sense given those individuals expertise, it also creates a bottleneck for the wider organization when it comes to innovation. With limited bandwidth, IT teams are often unable to service every one of their colleagues requests in a timely manner, which can hinder larger workflows if a technical issue is keeping an employee from executing his or her responsibilities.

With low code, workers outside of IT can take software development into their own hands: all they need is a foundational understanding of how to use a computer. Low-code automation requiresas the name insistslittle to no coding to design and launch, making it an intuitive tool for bringing workers across industries and technical experience into the folds of innovation. When users across the business can build simple and even complex automations themselves, IT professionals can focus on more strategic projects that demand their expertise. As a result, the business at large is able to solve more problems, pursue new objectives or opportunities and better compete in the market.

Even more democratizing is the emergence of no-code automationthough the lack of coding may come across as conceptually confusing to new users. This knowledge gap underscores the need for more accessible automation education in order to unlock no and low codes potential at scale. Specialized training programs can help employees better understand how to leverage these technologies to execute their everyday responsibilities more efficiently.

Whereas individuals outside of IT and engineering roles may not understand coding, they do understand business processes, which is where employers will need to focus when they introduce low code and no code and accompanying training programs to their organizations. Regardless of the industry or area of business they are working within, employees can leverage low codes versatility to support the routine processes essential to their roles.

To this end, low code not only makes workers jobs more efficientit also has the potential to make them more effective. A low-code interface allows users to link systems to pull information from so that they can easily make business decisions rooted in data. For example, low-code applications can be configured to auto-populate routine forms using information from financial or CRM systems so that employees can spend more time analyzing it rather than sourcing it.

Low-code advancements will make the technology even more accessible

In order for workers with less formal technology training to leverage low-code tools and create their own automations, these technologies need to be intuitive. In response to this need, a wave of advancements in low-code platforms is making this ease-of-use a reality, including:

The increasing ubiquity of automation within modern enterprises is paving the way for a new, technology-infused world of work. However, to capitalize on that trend and become fully automated enterprises, organizations need to supply employees, even the non-technical ones, with the tools and training needed to ensure automation is at the fingertips of every person. Fortunately, the future of low code is an accessible one, meaning more workers across verticals and job functions can put the technologys power to use to make more agile and informed decisionsand drive their businesses forward as a result.

About the Author

Palak Kadakia is VP of Product Management at UiPath with a passion for building innovative products and teams. Focused on building designing intuitive customer experiences, Palak leads the engagement platform for RPA which includes a low-code app development platform, human in the loop, conversational AI and data services. Prior to UiPath, Palak was a product management leader at Microsoft.

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