Drivers and Inhibitors of Low Code Development Platform Adoption

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Abstract

When done right, the use of low code development promises a significant competitive advantage in the software development process for organizations. Thus, multiple vendors have created low code development platforms to ease the use of low code development. However, current research on low code development platforms mainly focuses on the technological aspects of the platforms but not on their adoption. Hence, it remains unclear what drives and inhibits the adoption of low code development platforms. We conducted a literature review and identified thirteen factors that inhibit the adoption and seven factors that drive it. We structure these factors along with the diffusion of innovation framework that helps to disentangle drivers and inhibitors. As a result, we provide an initial explanation of the adoption of low code development platforms. Nevertheless, we conclude that existing research on the adoption of low code development platforms is not specific enough to understand the phenomenon substantially. Further, for some factors (e.g., cost), there is a disagreement in the academic literature on whether they are drivers or inhibitors. Hence, we identify gaps and derive avenues for future research.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2022 IEEE 24th Conference on Business Informatics, CBI 2022
PublisherIEEE Xplore
Pages196-205
Number of pages10
ISBN (electronic)9781665460163
ISBN (print)978-1-6654-6038-5
Publication statusPublished - 2022
Peer-reviewedYes

Publication series

SeriesIEEE Conference on Business Informatics, CBI

Conference

Title24th IEEE International Conference on Business Informatics
Abbreviated titleIEEE CBI 2022
Conference number24
Duration15 - 17 June 2022
Website
Degree of recognitionInternational event
LocationVrije Universiteit Amsterdam
CityAmsterdam
CountryNetherlands

External IDs

ORCID /0000-0002-9465-9679/work/142250751