The Digital Battle — Citizen Developers Vs. Professional Developers

<p dir="ltr">Who should be responsible for the development of tools? Citizen developers or professional developers only? Or maybe a combination of the two is the right answer. Back to help hash out the pros and cons of this hot topic, Mark Pendergast joins Craig and Thom on this episode of The Digital Enterprise Society podcast. Without their usual polar opposite views, Craig and Mark highlight the strengths of both citizen and professional developers and share their recommendations for working toward coexistence to promote better innovation.</p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p dir="ltr">On today’s podcast, you will learn:</p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p dir="ltr">Citizen developer vs. professionals only</p> <ul> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Mark has been a citizen developer most of his career.</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Anyone who has a day job but also writes code is a citizen developer.</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">These developers may be trained, or they may be hackers.</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Professional developers may also be trained or may also be hackers.</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Professionals aim to fill the demands of the IT department while citizen developers meet the needs that are left unaddressed by IT.</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">IT faces constraints while citizen developers are free to address whatever they’d like.</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Citizen developers don’t always possess the level of skill that the professionals do.</p> </li> </ul> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p dir="ltr">Advantages and disadvantages of the citizen developer</p> <ul> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Citizen developers are generally quite close to the business need.</p> </li> <li dir="ltr"