What is low-code? Complete guide for UK businesses
Discover what low-code means, when it's right for your business, and how it compares to alternatives.
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What this tool does
This assessment evaluates your organisation's readiness for low-code development across four critical dimensions: strategic alignment (business problem clarity and sponsorship), organisational readiness (governance and training capacity), technical suitability (complexity and integration requirements), and resource availability (team skills and support).
Answer 12 questions to receive a personalised readiness score and recommendations. This takes approximately 3 minutes.
Assess your low-code readiness
Answer 12 questions to discover whether your organisation is ready for low-code development. This assessment evaluates strategic alignment, organisational readiness, technical suitability, and resource availability.
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How this assessment works
This assessment evaluates your low-code readiness across four key dimensions, each scored independently to help you identify specific areas that may need attention before adopting a low-code platform.
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Answer 12 questions
Three questions per dimension, taking approximately 3 minutes to complete.
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Receive your readiness score
Overall score plus individual scores for each dimension.
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Get UK context
See how your readiness compares to UK adoption trends and benchmarks.
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Receive tailored guidance
Dimension-specific recommendations based on your scores.
Scoring tiers: High (75-100%) indicates strong readiness. Medium (50-74%) shows solid foundations with areas to address.
Low (25-49%) indicates significant gaps. Very Low (0-24%) suggests foundational work is needed first.
Understanding the four dimensions
Strategic alignment
Do you have a clear business problem, executive sponsorship, and defined success metrics? Organisations without strategic clarity often struggle with low-code adoption.
Organisational readiness
Do you have governance frameworks, training capacity, and IT-business collaboration models? Research shows 73% of organisations have not defined low-code governance rules.
Technical suitability
Is your application complexity appropriate? Are performance requirements realistic? Can integration needs be met? Low-code works best below 30-40% traditional complexity.
Resource availability
Do you have citizen developers identified, professional developer support available, and platform expertise accessible? Hybrid teams report highest success rates.
When to use this tool
- Platform evaluation - Before investing in a low-code platform, understand your readiness
- Project planning - Assess whether a specific project is suitable for low-code development
- Governance setup - Identify gaps in your organisational readiness for citizen development
- Team discussions - Use results to align IT and business stakeholders on approach
Frequently asked questions
A low-code readiness assessment evaluates whether your organisation has the strategic alignment,
organisational maturity, technical requirements, and resources needed to successfully adopt low-code
development platforms. It helps you identify gaps to address before investing in platform selection.
Low-code is best suited for standard business applications (forms, workflows, dashboards), projects with
tight timelines, budget-constrained initiatives, and internal tools. Custom development is better for
highly complex or unique business logic, regulated or mission-critical systems, and applications
requiring deep integration with legacy systems.
Key benefits include 50-90% faster development compared to traditional coding, up to 70% reduction in
development costs, enabling citizen developers (non-technical staff) to build applications, quick
adaptations to changing requirements, and built-in security and compliance features.
Common risks include governance gaps where citizen developers may create unmonitored apps, scalability
limits with some platforms, vendor lock-in reducing future flexibility, shadow IT fragmenting systems,
and complexity underestimation (41% of organisations find platforms harder than expected).
A citizen developer is a non-IT employee who creates applications using low-code or no-code platforms.
They typically have technical aptitude but are not professional developers. Successful citizen developer
programmes require governance frameworks, training, and IT oversight to manage quality and security.
Key readiness indicators include clear business problems or use cases identified, executive sponsorship
and allocated budget, governance frameworks in place or planned, good IT-business collaboration culture,
technical requirements suited to low-code capabilities, and available resources for training.
Based on your score: High readiness (75%+) means proceed with platform evaluation and pilot planning.
Medium readiness (50-74%) suggests addressing gaps before platform selection. Low readiness (25-49%)
means building foundational elements first. Very low (<25%) indicates focusing on broader digital
strategy before low-code.
Implementation timelines vary, but research shows 72% of organisations develop complete applications in
under 3 months. Pilot projects typically take 4-8 weeks. Full organisational adoption including
governance and training takes 6-12 months. ROI can be achieved in as little as 7 months.
