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In the past, “end users” could not build important business applications on their own. Team and departmental-level app development was the sole domain of the IT group. Kintone enables corporate [citizen developers](https://blog.kintone.com/topic/citizen-developers) to build enterprise-grade systems that directly impact business operations. Please refer to [**Citizen Developers: The Experts In How We Succeed**](https://blog.kintone.com/citizen-developers-experts-how-we-succeed) for a quick primer on how easily this can be accomplished. ## Corporate Manager Perspectives Citizen developers often hear: “Our department cannot get the budget to build a new system. We have to live with what we have.” This may be followed by management perspectives such as: “The IT group will not approve our request to build an app. The last time a department tried that, IT had to spend half-a-year untangling the mess that was made.” Kintone brings positive news on both fronts. Please refer to **[Company Managers: Business Process Automation Made Easy](https://blog.kintone.com/get-sht-done/company-managers-business-process-automation-made-easy)** to learn how corporate citizen developers can address both of these perspectives the move forward with their app development initiatives. **WEBINAR:** **[How to Select the Best App Building Platform for Your Team, Department or Enterprise](https://slack-redir.net/link?url=https%3A%2F%2Fresources.kintone.com%2Fwebinar-select-the-best-app-building-platform)** ## Increasing Team Productivity: The Challenges The list of issues that can reduce a team’s productivity is expansive. Key areas of impact include:  - Individual files, data and spreadsheets need to be shared within process steps yet are available only within static repositories. - Collaborative work processes exist as manual steps and function without the benefit of automated workflow efficiency.  - Process steps can involve employees who work in other departments and are not directly linked to the core team. ## Increasing Team Productivity: The Solution Kintone's aPaaS (application Platform as a Service) provides citizen developers with the capability to personally develop and deploy IT department-approved applications that address each of these challenges. - Each team member has a personal online workspace that is serviced through the Kintone cloud. Individual process participants engage in team workspaces through centrally-managed access privileges. - Individual and team workspaces can be connected through specifically-define workflow steps, real-time file sharing and task-completion status monitoring. - Corporate citizen developers implement their systems through the use of Kintone’s visually-driven interface. Elegant and comprehensive applications can be easily built without coding. Throughout the system development process, end-user app access, data security and workflow management can be implemented in ways that are consistent with the IT department’s security policies.  ## Increasing Team Efficiency: The Challenges Workflow gaps and process-completion bottlenecks often exist within manual systems. Key areas of impact include:  - Daily work activities are sequenced without a team member having knowledge of “what is most important to complete first."  - Process step “handoffs” from one team member to another occur in unstructured or ad-hoc ways. - No workflow analytics or real-time monitoring capabilities are in place to identify and correct process inefficiencies. ## Increases In Team Efficiency: The Solution Applications built by corporate citizen developers map out team member workflows at the step-by-step layer. From this start, both an individual’s workflow steps and the overall business process can be viewed holistically. - Process micro-steps are automated inside each individual’s workspace. When task handoffs are necessary, process information and files are automatically transferred to the correct team members’ workspaces.  - “Immediate action requested” and automated task to-do lists are displayed inside the individual’s These micro-steps can be sequenced to produce the most efficient personal work environment. - Workflow dashboards are automatically updated and can be viewed in real time. Inefficiencies in team data sharing can be determined then addressed. Process bottlenecks can be bypassed. 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