What are the other benefits of Rapid Application Development?
Saves time and money
A waterfall approach risks developing apps with features that, after deployment, turn out not to be needed. Not only is money wasted on ultimately unnecessary features, the time spent building these is lost forever — which could have been spent productively elsewhere. This therefore harms a business’s bottom line. RAD reduces this risk as developers have the “wiggle room” to create the exact app required with no capabilities that are surplus to requirements.
Fewer errors
As RAD re-uses components for each prototype, there’s less need for manual coding at each stage. This reduces the possibility of errors in the final app and reduces testing time.
Enables the implementation of new technologies
As well as being able to adapt to the ever-changing requirements of an app throughout the development process, RAD also allows businesses to harness new technologies that emerge during this time. This would be harder if following the waterfall model because it’s much more difficult to go back and change the prototype.
How can EASA help my business embrace Rapid Application Development?
EASA is a platform that facilitates custom application development, which allows businesses to effortlessly embrace the flexible framework that makes RAD so effective. This was how we helped GE Energy, the world’s leading wind turbine suppliers, streamline its site feasibility study process, which was originally highly manual and incredibly time-consuming.
Using EASA, GE were able to harness RAD and develop a web-based system called Wind ITO (Inquiry to Order). This is a custom application which integrates Oracle with analysis tools such as Excel and MATLAB, as well as several proprietary algorithms. The result? GE successfully simplified these processes so they could produce more proposals in a fraction of the time. This not only saved the company money in IT resources and man hour costs, but enabled them to make more money, faster.
By using EASA for your own business, you can follow in GE’s footsteps and create customized applications, embracing a RAD approach to do so quickly, effectively and inexpensively. The fact that EASA is a low-code platform also means citizen developers (those without significant coding expertise) will be able to develop the app, making life even easier for your enterprise. Don’t hesitate to contact us today to discuss how our software can help your company.
