Case USA8: How a Media Conglomerate Mistook Low-Code Platforms for Enterprise Architecture Agility
- Sunil Dutt Jha
- Aug 11
- 1 min read
Updated: Oct 3
Across industries, one illusion we see is confusing speed of delivery with enterprise agility.
A US media group adopted low-code platforms to accelerate app launches and automate workflows, branding it as an EA-driven shift to agility. In reality, the low-code apps were deployed without enterprise logic alignment, creating overlapping processes and conflicting data flows.
P1–P6 Insight Preview:
Low-code improved implementation speed (P5) and supported niche process fixes (P2), but lacked system-wide behavioral design (P3) and strategic coherence (P1). Business operations (P6) became harder to coordinate, and tech operations (P6) faced mounting maintenance complexity.
Role Disconnects:
CEO: “We’ve transformed our speed to market” — but fragmentation is accelerating too.
CIO: “Low-code gives us agility” — yet the enterprise remains structurally rigid.
Sales Head: “We can launch campaigns instantly” — but they fail when dependent systems misalign.
Chief Enterprise Architect: “We’ve built apps, not architecture” — the core structure is unchanged.
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