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Do you still see Citizen Development as a buzzword?

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Jelili Odunayo Kazeem Co-Founder | Currently developing a RAG-based app for scope screep detection| Convosync Solutions Limited Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Is Citizen Development still a buzzword to you despite the massive growth of the low-code/no-code industry? Please share any organizational development benefits you have experienced with citizen development.
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Keith Novak Tukwila, Wa, United States
It is definitely a buzzword since it's being marketed as a brand name to create a buzz. Whether it is more than just a buzzword depends on brand differentiation.

I haven't quite figured out what PMI's branding strategy is for Citizen Development. Grassroots development isn't a new concept, nor are software development tools that are more user friendly.

PMI is definitely marketing the name, but whether they are promoting tools or a efficient development model, and how it fits with project management as a body of knowledge has so far escaped me.
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1 reply by Jelili Odunayo Kazeem
Jan 27, 2021 5:42 AM
Jelili Odunayo Kazeem
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Please see the link below about citizen developers.

https://www.pmi.org/-/media/pmi/documents/...eloper-faqs.pdf

Sure it would not be a buzzword anymore and you will understand the concept better when you join the revolution here www.pmi.org/citizendeveloper.
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Khai Ng. IT PMO | IT Project Manager| TTGROUP Hanoi, Viet Nam
No, it is a new phrase but not popular.
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Jelili Odunayo Kazeem Co-Founder | Currently developing a RAG-based app for scope screep detection| Convosync Solutions Limited Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Jan 26, 2021 2:32 PM
Replying to Keith Novak
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It is definitely a buzzword since it's being marketed as a brand name to create a buzz. Whether it is more than just a buzzword depends on brand differentiation.

I haven't quite figured out what PMI's branding strategy is for Citizen Development. Grassroots development isn't a new concept, nor are software development tools that are more user friendly.

PMI is definitely marketing the name, but whether they are promoting tools or a efficient development model, and how it fits with project management as a body of knowledge has so far escaped me.
Please see the link below about citizen developers.

https://www.pmi.org/-/media/pmi/documents/...eloper-faqs.pdf

Sure it would not be a buzzword anymore and you will understand the concept better when you join the revolution here www.pmi.org/citizendeveloper.
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Wade Harshman Scrum Master| GDIT Indianapolis, In, United States
That last sentence makes me nervous. PMI is an authoritative organization for the project management profession. We should be leading our profession, not causing revolutions in others.

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