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5 Requirements for a Successful Enterprise Mobile App
There are a number of elements that are critical to the successful creation and adoption of mobile apps. Here are my Top 5: 1. Addressing the user’s “What’s in it for me?” question Often, the business motivation for implementing a new mobile app is to streamline...
Certify Your Developers Become Full-Stack Developers
With nearly half of all mid and large-sized companies with open technology job postings, most are languishing on job boards for months and a significant worldwide shortage of talent supply, you have little to lose in plotting a concurrent strategy to cross-train your...
2 Considerations When Selecting a Low-code Platform
Last week we talked about the first key consideration when selecting a low-code development platform - Application Frameworks. This week we'll continue with two additional key considerations which are Any-to-Any Integration and Unlimited Depth and Reach. Any-to-Any...
RAD, 4GL, MADP, RMAD, MXDP, LCDP, hpaPAAS . . . . What the?
Without turning this into a lecture, below is a short overview of low-code, hpaPaas and other Rapid Application Development platforms that we have seen in the last few decades, more-or-less in chronological order. What are the overlaps and differences between all...
Getting Started With a Low-code Solution
The right low-code software development platform will significantly reduce costs over the entire software development lifecycle. They also shield developers from having to worry about how their project will be deployed across various devices, interfaces and platforms,...
How Low-code Can Slash the Cost of Software Maintenance
A commonly known rule of thumb in software engineering, which seems to hold well for systems of record (SOR), is that maintaining software comprises between 60 to 80 percent of the total cost of ownership. [This same rule might well apply for the systems of engagement...
How to Build a Web and Mobile App with a Low-code Development Tool (Video)
Any IT manager tasked with building a new (or extending an existing) web or mobile app will nod their head in agreement when I say selecting the right development tool that rapidly builds responsive web apps, integrates with everything, and is easy to maintain is...
Imagine the Power of One Language
I’ll ask the reader to at least temporarily suspend feelings and thoughts of politics, culture and religion. And, you should cue John Lennon’s “Imagine” to set the scene. Okay, thank you! Please sit down and take a deep breath. Let’s drift off to the land of...
5 Guiding Principles of Enterprise Modernization (part 3)
Thanks for joining me for my final post on the 5 Guiding Principles of Enterprise Modernization. So far I've covered the importance of delivering the best user experience, improving data quality and accuracy and getting information into the hands who need it. My focus...
5 Guiding Principles of Enterprise Modernization (part 2)
Continuing on from my post last week about the 5 Guiding Principles of Enterprise Modernization, the ultimate goal of modernization is to use technology to best support your customers and trading partners. This means providing users with the best experience, enabling...
5 Guiding Principles of Enterprise Modernization
Businesses are being bombarded with the message to modernize. In the IBM i world, most tend to define modernization in terms of low-level development tactics such as converting RPG to free form, updating databases to SQL or refacing 5250 screens for the web. While...
Mind the Gap: Addressing Ambiguity in Requirements
The lesson of the Tower of Babel, possibly the first post-project review in historical records, is that communication failure within the team will cause project failure. In today’s software requirements, often staffed by cross-functional teams spread across the globe,...