In this blog post I would like to share my experience on “App in a Day” events which have been running successfully in Australia & New Zealand. This event is primarily focused on bringing awareness on SAP’s Low-Code/No-Code solutions and how it can empower Citizen Developers and IT teams to collaborate and deliver apps in much faster timeframe. SAP AppGyver is a no-code tool that can be used by business technologist to build apps using drag-and-drop features. We invite SAP customers to come in teams comprised of business and IT. We typically run these events in collaboration with the SAP AppHaus Partners. Thanks to SAP AppHaus Members - Bourne Digital & Datacom for supporting this event. The SAP AppHaus teams leverage human-centered approach to innovation which starts with design thinking, empathizing with the end users to discover their true needs.
With the business users in the room, the SAP AppHaus team can engage and help identify their business challenges and together with their IT team members they could start developing apps to address requirements.
Here is a typical agenda
We start the morning with an enablement session providing an overview of SAP’s low-code/no-code strategy and how the SAP Business Technology Platform provides citizen developers the ability to build apps and automations much faster.
We then move on to a SAP Developer Tutorial which provides guided instructions on how to build an app using SAP AppGyver
By the end of this session, participants would have an app on their phone which scans a product barcode and pulls product information. We encourage participants to register for a community edition of SAP AppGyver which is available for free.
Going through the enablement, participants would have a good understanding of how they can go about developing apps using SAP AppGyver. After a short break, we then begin the design thinking session where we get each of the teams to brainstorm and come up with ideas. The objective is for teams identify their business challenges and prioritize them. A Design Thinking coach would be allocated to each of the teams to help facilitate this process and encourage them to think out of the box on how best they could solve their business challenges. One of the popular techniques we used is the Crazy 8.
We could use tools like MURAL or whiteboards to start expanding on the ideas which would be used to solve the business problem.
After lunch, we get the teams to start using developing their apps. We provided access to a S/4HANA system which had APIs to provide access to Purchase Order, Sales Order, Material Stock details etc. However, we noticed that teams were going beyond the typical business objects in S/4HANA system and we needed to provide them with API endpoints. For this purpose, we leveraged Mock API to generate custom data for their requirements. We also requested teams to focus more on the story telling and showing the app in action with mock data. With 2 hours, we thought it might be challenging for many beginners to build a full-fledged app connected to a backed SAP system.
Towards the end, we had all the teams present their business challenges and the app that they have developed. We saw interesting solutions presented ranging from emergency response, inventory/stock lookup, Waste bin management to Asset Maintenance apps
I loved the energy and enthusiasm in the room especially with many non-developers participating and developing apps for the first time.
I am keen to hear what would you build in a day?
With the business users in the room, the SAP AppHaus team can engage and help identify their business challenges and together with their IT team members they could start developing apps to address requirements.
Here is a typical agenda
- 9.00am – 9:15am Welcome Note
- 9.15am – 11:30am Overview & Enablement on SAP AppGyver
- 11.30am – 12:30pm Brainstorming in teams on business pain points and the approach to solve them using technology
- 12.30pm – 1:30pm Lunch
- 1.30pm – 4:00pm Build and develop prototypes
- 4.00pm – 5:00pm Teams share their experience
We start the morning with an enablement session providing an overview of SAP’s low-code/no-code strategy and how the SAP Business Technology Platform provides citizen developers the ability to build apps and automations much faster.
We then move on to a SAP Developer Tutorial which provides guided instructions on how to build an app using SAP AppGyver
By the end of this session, participants would have an app on their phone which scans a product barcode and pulls product information. We encourage participants to register for a community edition of SAP AppGyver which is available for free.
Going through the enablement, participants would have a good understanding of how they can go about developing apps using SAP AppGyver. After a short break, we then begin the design thinking session where we get each of the teams to brainstorm and come up with ideas. The objective is for teams identify their business challenges and prioritize them. A Design Thinking coach would be allocated to each of the teams to help facilitate this process and encourage them to think out of the box on how best they could solve their business challenges. One of the popular techniques we used is the Crazy 8.
We could use tools like MURAL or whiteboards to start expanding on the ideas which would be used to solve the business problem.
After lunch, we get the teams to start using developing their apps. We provided access to a S/4HANA system which had APIs to provide access to Purchase Order, Sales Order, Material Stock details etc. However, we noticed that teams were going beyond the typical business objects in S/4HANA system and we needed to provide them with API endpoints. For this purpose, we leveraged Mock API to generate custom data for their requirements. We also requested teams to focus more on the story telling and showing the app in action with mock data. With 2 hours, we thought it might be challenging for many beginners to build a full-fledged app connected to a backed SAP system.
Towards the end, we had all the teams present their business challenges and the app that they have developed. We saw interesting solutions presented ranging from emergency response, inventory/stock lookup, Waste bin management to Asset Maintenance apps
I loved the energy and enthusiasm in the room especially with many non-developers participating and developing apps for the first time.
I am keen to hear what would you build in a day?
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