# CiD - Citizen Developer Citizen developers are business technologists that does not report to IT but to business unit of function, who creates [[application]] capabilities for consumption by themselves or others. Citizen developers differs from [[PD - Professional Developer|professional developers]] is that they usually are end-users who has no formal programming training, but who possesses the tools and platforms to create applications that meet their needs. They have limited understanding of data security or software architecture; their focus is on addressing immediate business concerns. --- Bibliography: - [Citizen Developer - gartner.com](https://www.gartner.com/en/information-technology/glossary/citizen-developer) - [What is Citizen Developer? - servicenow.com](https://www.servicenow.com/workflows/creator-workflows/what-is-a-citizen-developer.html)