The challenge
An industrial company needed a more responsive way to deliver business applications while retaining shared governance and quality expectations.
OUTSYSTEMS IN ACTION / MANUFACTURING
How an industrial digital factory delivered more than sixty applications in twenty months
A digital factory needs a way to increase delivery capacity while keeping shared standards usable. This company combined local teams and common foundations. Explore the reported portfolio and the responsibilities behind a federated model.
RESULTS REPORTED IN THE SOURCE
60+
applications delivered in the first twenty months
20
months in that reported initial portfolio period
650 days
development effort saved in the first year, as reported
THE BUSINESS CHALLENGE. THE CHANGE. THE RESULT.
The change
It established an OutSystems digital factory with a federated model, enabling local teams to build on common delivery foundations.
The outcome
The source reports more than sixty applications in the first twenty months and six hundred and fifty days of development effort saved in the first year.
Source: customer case study published by OutSystems. Brief prepared by Digital Alchimia.
DIGITAL ALCHIMIA’S DELIVERY PERSPECTIVE
What could this approach unlock for your business?
The useful next step is to connect the story to your own operating reality. Here are the questions we would bring into that conversation.
01
Give local teams usable guardrails.
A federated delivery model needs a clear distinction between decisions a local team can make and capabilities that should remain shared. Provide working patterns, review routes and support responsibilities. That helps additional OutSystems developers contribute without every application inventing its own approach to the same foundations.
02
Measure the factory across comparable periods and scopes.
Portfolio volume and saved development effort describe different results and may use different time windows. Keep those measures attached to the work they represent. Specialist professionals can reinforce the next delivery priorities while the organization maintains evidence for how its application model is improving.
START WITH THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO CHANGE
You bring the business challenge. We help shape the delivery team.
Digital Alchimia provides OutSystems professionals and delivery expertise for application development, modernization and evolution. Whether you need to reinforce an existing team or explore a new initiative, we can discuss the capabilities, responsibilities and next steps that fit your context.
A useful starting brief
✓ The process or customer journey you want to improve
✓ Where work waits, repeats or depends on disconnected systems
✓ The expertise already available in your team
✓ The outcome you want to measure and the timeframe to explore
Turn a promising idea into a useful conversation.
Tell us where your business needs to move faster and where your team needs additional expertise. Let’s explore an OutSystems approach shaped around your requirements.