How Mendix Enables Fast & Collaborative Application Delivery within Gartner's Pace-Layered Application Model
Far too many business opportunities are lost simply because innovation projects are treated the same way as core enterprise systems. Growing demand and heightened user expectations puts immense pressure on IT leaders to manage and prioritize their application needs. Using Gartner's Pace-Layered Application Strategy in conjunction with the Mendix App Platform, IT can deliver high-impact systems of differentiation and innovation with the speed, agility and collaboration required by the business.The growth and success of your company depends on its ability to differentiate its offering and innovate in tangible ways that move the needle. In today's technology-driven world, that means developing light-weight, user-friendly applications fast is a business mandate. Companies are constantly looking to automate complex proprietary processes, connect siloed systems to enable intuitive user experiences, and drive multi-channel interactions with customers, partners and suppliers. The IT teams responsible for managing this demand are stretched to their limits and challenged with finding solutions for new challenges that can't effectively be addressed using old methodologies and tools. Read more
- How to Develop a Pace-Layered Application Strategy
- Luis Claudio Mangi | Susan Galberaith
- 05 November 2013
- IT organizations' application strategies often aren't dynamic enough to handle changes in technology, the complexities of business demands and industry-specific requirements. Application leaders can use Gartner's Pace-Layered Application Strategy to differentiate the business and drive innovation.
- Key Findings
- Application strategies are not dynamic enough to handle changes in technology, the complex nature of business demands and the unique needs of specific industries.
- IT organizations find it difficult to use application strategies to help the enterprise reach its goals.
- Applications are the most valuable asset of an IT organization. When poorly managed, they hinder the performance of day-to-day business activities, prevent the solving of business problems, and limit the ability to compete and innovate.
- Recommendations
- Eliminate uncomfortable business conversations by helping the organization understand how technology will be used to differentiate the business and drive innovation.
- Build your understanding of Gartner's Pace-Layered Application Strategy and how it segments business applications by the activities performed, the problems they address, their rate of change and the distinctiveness of the business capabilities they embed.
- Create a layered application strategy that recognizes that the business requires several types of applications with different governance, sourcing, funding, data/process integrity, software development and deployment models.
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