<s>
A	O
low-code	B-Architecture
development	I-Architecture
platform	I-Architecture
(	O
LCDP	O
)	O
provides	O
a	O
development	O
environment	O
used	O
to	O
create	O
application	B-Application
software	I-Application
through	O
a	O
graphical	O
user	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Low-code	B-Architecture
development	I-Architecture
platforms	I-Architecture
can	O
reduce	O
the	O
amount	O
of	O
traditional	O
time	O
spent	O
,	O
enabling	O
accelerated	O
delivery	O
of	O
business	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Low-code	B-Architecture
development	I-Architecture
platforms	I-Architecture
trace	O
their	O
roots	O
back	O
to	O
fourth-generation	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
and	O
the	O
rapid	O
application	O
development	O
tools	O
of	O
the	O
1990s	O
and	O
early	O
2000s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similar	O
to	O
these	O
predecessor	O
development	O
environments	O
,	O
LCDPs	O
are	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
principles	O
of	O
model-driven	O
design	O
,	O
automatic	O
code	O
generation	O
,	O
and	O
visual	B-Language
programming	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
low-code	B-Architecture
development	I-Architecture
platform	I-Architecture
market	O
traces	O
its	O
origins	O
back	O
to	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
specific	O
name	O
"	O
low-code	B-General_Concept
"	O
was	O
not	O
put	O
forward	O
until	O
9	O
June	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
when	O
it	O
was	O
used	O
by	O
the	O
industry	O
analyst	O
Forrester	O
Research	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Along	O
with	O
no-code	B-Architecture
development	I-Architecture
platforms	I-Architecture
,	O
low-code	B-General_Concept
was	O
described	O
as	O
"	O
extraordinarily	O
disruptive	O
"	O
in	O
Forbes	O
magazine	O
in	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
Low-code	B-General_Concept
should	O
not	O
be	O
confused	O
with	O
No-Code	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
need	O
for	O
software	O
automation	O
and	O
new	O
applications	O
for	O
business	O
processes	O
places	O
demands	O
on	O
software	B-Application
developers	I-Application
to	O
create	O
custom	O
applications	O
in	O
volume	O
,	O
tailoring	O
them	O
to	O
organizations	O
 '	O
unique	O
needs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Low-code	B-Architecture
development	I-Architecture
platforms	I-Architecture
have	O
been	O
developed	O
as	O
a	O
means	O
to	O
allow	O
for	O
quick	O
creation	O
and	O
use	O
of	O
working	O
applications	O
that	O
can	O
address	O
the	O
specific	O
process	O
and	O
data	O
needs	O
of	O
the	O
organization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Research	O
firm	O
Forrester	O
estimated	O
in	O
2016	O
that	O
the	O
total	O
market	O
for	O
low-code	B-Architecture
development	I-Architecture
platforms	I-Architecture
would	O
grow	O
to	O
$15.5	O
billion	O
by	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Segments	O
in	O
the	O
market	O
include	O
database	O
,	O
request	O
handling	O
,	O
mobile	O
,	O
process	O
,	O
and	O
general	O
purpose	O
low-code	B-Architecture
platforms	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Low-code	B-General_Concept
development	O
's	O
market	O
growth	O
can	O
be	O
attributed	O
to	O
its	O
flexibility	O
and	O
ease	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Low-code	B-Architecture
development	I-Architecture
platforms	I-Architecture
are	O
shifting	O
their	O
focus	O
toward	O
general	O
purpose	O
of	O
applications	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
add	O
in	O
custom	O
code	O
when	O
needed	O
or	O
desired	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mobile	O
accessibility	O
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
driving	O
factors	O
of	O
using	O
low-code	B-Architecture
development	I-Architecture
platforms	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
of	O
developers	B-Application
having	O
to	O
spend	O
time	O
creating	O
multi-device	O
software	O
,	O
low-code	B-General_Concept
packages	O
typically	O
come	O
with	O
that	O
feature	O
as	O
standard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
they	O
require	O
less	O
coding	O
knowledge	O
,	O
nearly	O
anyone	O
in	O
a	O
software	O
development	O
environment	O
can	O
learn	O
to	O
use	O
a	O
low-code	B-Architecture
development	I-Architecture
platform	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Concerns	O
over	O
low-code	B-Architecture
development	I-Architecture
platform	I-Architecture
security	O
and	O
compliance	B-Application
are	O
growing	O
,	O
especially	O
for	O
apps	O
that	O
use	O
consumer	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
can	O
be	O
concerns	O
over	O
the	O
security	O
of	O
apps	O
built	O
so	O
quickly	O
and	O
possible	O
lack	O
of	O
due	O
governance	O
leading	O
to	O
compliance	B-Application
issues	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
low-code	B-General_Concept
apps	O
do	O
also	O
fuel	O
security	O
innovations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Still	O
the	O
fact	O
remains	O
that	O
low-code	B-Architecture
development	I-Architecture
platforms	I-Architecture
that	O
do	O
not	O
apply	O
and	O
strictly	O
adhere	O
to	O
Normalized	O
Systems	O
Theory	O
do	O
not	O
solve	O
the	O
challenge	O
of	O
increasing	O
complexity	O
due	O
to	O
changes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
IT	O
professionals	O
question	O
whether	O
low-code	B-Architecture
development	I-Architecture
platforms	I-Architecture
are	O
suitable	O
for	O
large-scale	O
and	O
mission-critical	O
enterprise	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
some	O
CIOs	O
have	O
expressed	O
concern	O
that	O
adopting	O
low-code	B-Architecture
development	I-Architecture
platforms	I-Architecture
internally	O
could	O
lead	O
to	O
an	O
increase	O
in	O
unsupported	O
applications	O
built	O
by	O
shadow	B-Application
IT	I-Application
.	O
</s>
