Automating business processes with no-code solutions: our journey so far.

Christopher McElligott I.T. ServicesNovember 2018

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Increasing demand for online forms,

approvals, and workflows.

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The University was at a

crossroads in terms of

automating business

processes

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FlowForma

Nintex

O365

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Impetus

Our strategic plan sets out several priority actions including:

Simplify the university’s processes by deepening and expanding the active engagement with continuous improvement/lean process

improvement methodologies.

I.T. Services have a significant role in this transformation

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We assessed each option based on our requirements and potential business user cases

FlowForma was chosen because

1. The quality of the approvals and communications options

2. Flowforma visual form editor allowed us to create forms that conformed to our visual branding guidelines.

3. The application sits on our Office 365 tenancy4. The ability to produce letters5. SureStart Programme

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Free Trial(30 days)

Sure-Start( 3 months)

Pilot Roll out to University?

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Business use cases considered

• Parental Leave Application

• Student confirmation of registration (taking data from data abstraction layer)

• Library Access request form

• Permission to advertise Research Post (PF4)

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Key Findings

• None of the solutions investigated were fully NO-CODE

• The reality is no SaaS solution can provide the customized and bespoke solution for all business processes.

• These no code solutions could not be rolled out to individual departments without support from IT Services or a dedicated training programme.

• Microsoft Flow and PowerApps are gaining increasing functionality but FlowForma fills a gap

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On the last mile of digital transformation

you need to build your own solutions on a business

application platform.