Citizen Development on ServiceNow: Benefits, Pitfalls, and Governance

Software development does not stand still. The new-age IT field optimizes the user experience, allowing people with any skill level to work with technologies.

Citizen Development

Day by day, IT devices become more powerful and easier to deal with. Today, for example, programming is no longer the exclusive prerogative of experienced software engineers. Thanks to the ServiceNow citizen development governance tools we can implement today, people with any skill level can become application developers, or rather, civilian developers.

Citizen Developers: Who Are They?

The growing demand for software has given rise to quasi-programmers. Who, without being professional developers, create applications that increase their productivity. These so-called “citizen developers” are engaged in app-making as IT departments are not able to create the required software in the required time frame.

Citizen Development Benefits 

Citizen development has advantages in many business areas, from employee empowerment to cost reduction and innovation. 

We know that citizen app creation meets the growing need of modern businesses for IT, machine learning tools, and software resources of ServiceNow risk management

With the help of given development programs, creating business and mobile applications for your customers becomes easier and more cost-effective.

Citizen development can put important application software tools in the hands of ordinary makers.

When you don’t need to hire an application development team or professionals, you and your business can save a lot of money. ServiceNow best practices provide excellent tools that make work easier, smoother, and shorten and simplify the testing and verification stages of the code. 

With ServiceNow process automation strategy, it becomes easier to cover the shortfall. As it is easier to acquire the skill that allows motivated employees to become citizen developers.

ServiceNow citizen development is a convenient constructor that is suitable for non-specialists, and has several tariff plans for publication in official stores.

It belongs to the category of services without a code. That is, you specify data about the site, and the system automatically performs the transformation.

Pitfalls of Citizen Development on ServiceNow 

Developers who create ServiceNow governance mobile citizen apps may face risk and compliance (GRC):

You can avoid difficulties if you take seriously the selection of a designer or other service that ensures well-coordinated teamwork and rapid integration of the latest innovations.

Summary

Citizen developers are well-aware of their critical needs, which helps them focus on applications that can support and optimize business processes.

No-code/low-code platforms are visual processes using ready-made modules. This means that citizen development on ServiceNow can help users to not only create applications pretty fast, but also test them.

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Oleksii Konakhovych, CTO, Jul 08, 2025

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