As though CIOs didn’t already have enough to worry about with the importance of information technology, it now turns out that within their  own company there may be a shadow IT department at work. 

What has  happened is that there is a growing demand for software and this has  given rise to pseudo-programmers who, though not professional  developers, build applications that help their business lines. These  so-called “citizen developers” (cit-devs) build apps because the IT  department is not willing to build the software they require when they  require it. Clearly this is an issue for a CIO. 

What are we supposed to  do about this new army of developers who don’t work for us?