Why the RAD Concept Is Taking Off
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Why the RAD Concept Is Taking Off
IT organizations are increasing adoption of rapid application development. Specifically, they seek RAD platforms with no-code and low-code capabilities. -
Familiar Concept
72% of the IT leaders and professionals surveyed said they recognize the value of rapid application development, and 60% reported that their company is currently using RAD. -
Payment Options
One-third said their IT department will allocate 10% or more of its overall 2017 budget to RAD processes, and 34% said their RAD funding is increasing. -
Essential Element
74% of the respondents said they view no-code and low-code capabilities as key when evaluating RAD platforms, and 56% expect these capabilities to increase in their company for the immediate future. -
Top RAD Business Benefits
Increased productivity: 71%, More innovation: 47%, Improved tech adoption and usage: 46%, Greater collaboration between business and IT: 46% -
RAD Drivers, Part I
60% of the respondents are seeking to reduce long development cycles through RAD and other agile approaches, and 58% want to correct unclear or conflicting business requirements. -
RAD Drivers, Part II
51% want to use RAD and other agile approaches to satisfy changing user demands, and 50% are trying to address integration challenges in legacy systems. -
Business Departments That Will Benefit the Most
Sales and marketing: 54%, Finance: 39%, Field services: 36%, R&D: 35%, HR: 29% -
Faster? Cheaper? Better?
47% of the respondents said it's most important for IT to make overall company operations better. 31% said it's most critical to make operations faster, and 22% said IT needs to make them cheaper. -
Home Improvement
25% of the respondents expect their IT department to take on a more strategic, advisory role in the development process, and about the same percent said IT will take on more tech-savvy business analysts. -
Crowd Appeal
42% said their company is interested in using citizen developers, and 19% said they're already using them. 30% believe their IT department will eventually work side by side with citizen developers.
In the 1980s, the term, "rad," meant "radical" in a cool sort of way. Today, it still means radical and cool, but these descriptions now refer to the technological concept of rapid application development (RAD), which a majority of companies are using, according to a recent survey from PMG. Simply defined, RAD approaches favor rapid prototyping and minimal planning. They rely on the reuse of software components and often defer design improvements to the next version of the product. The survey report, "PMG Pulse: IT and the Rise of the RAD Enterprise," reveals that many tech departments are increasing their budget for RAD. When evaluating RAD platforms, IT managers and professionals are most interested in their no-code and low-code capabilities. With these, they expect to reduce long development cycles, while also correcting unclear or conflicting business requirements. They also seek to increase productivity and innovation, as well as collaboration between business users and tech teams. More than 100 IT executives, managers and professionals took part in the research.