LOW-CODE AUDIT
A clear technical view of an important low-code application.
Low-code applications can carry years of business logic, integrations and dependencies that disappear behind platform abstractions. A Low-code Audit makes them technically explicit before you invest further, modernise, hand over or change supplier.
When you need to know what sits underneath the application first
The audit starts with the decision ahead. That decision determines which parts of the application and platform use deserve examination.
- Changes take longer and longer, or cause unexpected side effects elsewhere in the application.
- Nobody has a clear view of the architecture and technical quality.
- Critical knowledge sits with a few people or a single supplier.
- A platform upgrade, migration, handover or supplier change is planned.
- Modernisation or replacement is on the table, and you first need to know what the application contains.
- Management and the team need shared technical evidence before investing further.
An audit that accounts for what the platform hides
A general Software Audit looks at code, architecture and process. In low-code, much of the application lives in models, configuration and platform mechanisms. That raises additional questions.
- Where does business logic live?
- In models, rules, configuration, custom code or database logic, and how consistently that has been done.
- What do platform abstractions hide?
- Which behaviour the platform generates or executes without it being directly visible in the application.
- What changes during upgrades?
- Which parts are affected by a new platform version or a change in conventions.
- What is transferable?
- Whether another team can understand, maintain and develop the application without the original builders.
- Which dependencies exist?
- On the platform, supplier, integrations and specific people, and which of those limit change.
- What belongs inside or outside the platform?
- Which responsibilities fit the platform well and which are better placed outside it.
Seven parts of a low-code application
Not every audit goes equally deep everywhere. Scope follows the decision and the risks that matter for it.
Scope and depth follow the question
Application architecture
Structure, responsibilities and how the parts of the application fit together.
- Component boundaries
- Module structure
- Cohesion
Business logic & data model
How rules, data and critical process knowledge are captured, and whether that is understandable.
- Placement of logic
- Duplication
- Exceptions
Platform use & maintainability
Whether platform mechanisms are used deliberately and consistently, and what change costs.
- Conventions
- Configuration
- Custom code
Integrations & dependencies
Interfaces, data flows and dependencies on platform, supplier and systems.
- Interfaces
- Error handling
- Ownership
Testability & release quality
How critical behaviour is tested and how changes are released in a controlled way.
- Test approach
- Release process
- Recovery
Transferability & knowledge concentration
Where essential knowledge sits and whether others could take the application over.
- Documentation
- Team knowledge
- Supplier dependency
Upgrade & change impact
Which parts are affected by platform or application change.
- Platform versions
- Non-standard custom work
- Regression risk
A substantiated technical picture that supports a decision
The result is not a list of loose remarks, but a coherent view of the application and what it means for the next step.
- No universal score
- No certification
- Evidence for a decision
- Technical findings
- What we found in architecture, logic, platform use and process.
- Risks & dependencies
- Which risks and dependencies affect change, continuity or handover.
- What is healthy
- Which parts are technically sound and worth retaining.
- Priorities
- Which findings need attention first and which can wait.
- Implications for the route
- What the findings mean for continued development, modernisation or replacement.
- Practical next steps
- Concrete steps you can take yourself, with your current supplier or with another party.
Five steps from decision to advice
The steps are fixed, the depth is not. We tune it to the application, the platform and the decision ahead.
Decision & scope
We agree which decision the audit should support and which parts deserve examination.
Understand application & platform
We map processes, platform use, business logic and integrations with the people who know the application.
Technical examination
We assess models, configuration, custom code, integrations and the release and test process.
Interpret findings
We separate facts, observations, risks and assumptions, and test them with the team.
Advice & routes
We present priorities and realistic routes, including the trade-offs between them.
Platform-agnostic assessment, with extra depth where we have it.
The audit focuses on the quality of the application, not on promoting a platform. The core questions apply to any low-code platform.
Specialism
Thinkwise
Thinkwise is a deeper specialism within Link2Leap, with additional platform knowledge for assessing, modernising and guiding Thinkwise applications.
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Mendix · OutSystems · Microsoft Power Platform · Appian
The depth of our experience differs by platform.
Three forms of technical assessment
Which one fits depends on the software and the platform. If you are unsure, we settle it in the first conversation.
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Low-code Audit
Specialised assessment of an important low-code application, with attention to platform abstractions, upgrades and transferability.
Broader
Software Audit
Technology-agnostic assessment of software, including software that does not run on a low-code platform.
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Thinkwise
For Thinkwise applications, we combine the Low-code Audit with deeper knowledge of the platform and its conventions.
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The audit stands on its own
Follow-up work by Link2Leap is not a condition. You can use the result yourself, take it up with your current supplier or have another party carry it out. Not every audit leads to a project.
- Leave it as it is
- Targeted improvement
- Modernisation
- Decouple or rebuild selected parts
- Replacement, where justified
If you want to continue after the audit, Low-code Modernisation is the next step.
Low-code ModernisationCOMPLIMENTARY AUDIT DAY
Want to experience how we assess a low-code application first?
During the complimentary audit day, Link2Leap examines one concrete question about quality or architecture in your low-code application, in a single working day. You get initial technical findings and a clear direction, so you know where you stand before committing to a larger step.
- One concrete question, examined in one working day.
- Initial technical findings and a clear direction.
- No obligation to follow-up work.
An audit day is explicitly not a complete Low-code Audit. The scope covers one question and the findings are a first view, not a full assessment.
Explore the complimentary audit dayWhen a Low-code Audit is not the right step
An audit only makes sense when its outcome can still change something.
- The desired conclusion is already fixed and the audit only needs to confirm it.
- You only want a formal certification or compliance report.
- You only need temporary development capacity.
- It is a simple platform upgrade with no meaningful technical decision.
Want to know where your low-code application stands technically?
Tell us which application it concerns and which decision is ahead. We will then discuss whether a Low-code Audit fits and what scope makes sense.
Discuss a Low-code Audit