Even if everyone could easily develop their own applications, would that really be a good thing? Mike Fitzmaurice, Chief Evangelist & VP-North America of WEBCON, points out that low-code solutions, like those offered by WEBCON, work well in experienced hands. Tune in to hear Mike’s myth-busting takes on low-code and no-code solutions and what he sees as the realistic promise of these sorts of development tools.

Tune in to learn:

• The distinction between low-code and no-code tools (05:40)
• Why Mike believes ‘citizen development” needs guardrails (09:24) 
• How low-code tools help developers move more quickly (14:01) 
• How companies can use low-code tools successfully (30:33) 

Mentions:

• "WEBCON 2022 Predictions: The year of low-code and development shakeups" (VMblog.com article, written by Fitzmaurice)
• "4 Common Reasons Low-Code projects Fail"  (InformationWeek article by Fitzmaurice)
• “Seven Trends Reshaping IT” (Salesforce report)

About the Guest:

BIO: “Responsible for developing WEBCON’s North American presence, evangelizing its Business Process Suite, and advocating overall best practices in workflow and business process automation, digital transformation, and citizen-assisted development. Fathered SharePoint evangelism at Microsoft, and was a critical part of growing it from an internal startup to an enterprise mainstay. Frequent and sought-after speaker at industry conferences, webinars, and symposia. Key force multiplier for others' work in marketing, competitive sales, partner relations, and engineering.”

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