Case USA8: How a Media Conglomerate Mistook Low-Code Platforms for Enterprise Architecture Agility
- Sunil Dutt Jha
- Aug 11
- 1 min read
Updated: Oct 13
Overview:
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.
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