Press Release 2023/06/07

The IT industry, to which BlueMeme Group belongs, has long experienced a shortage of human resources, making it a pressing issue to secure qualified personnel. Under these circumstances, BlueMeme Group, which actively promotes no-code / low-code agile development, sees non-IT personnel with no previous engineering experience as a great potential solution to these problems.

On the other hand, despite calls for the need of DX in local governments, several issues are arising at the field level and the situation is not progressing as planned. Specifically, there is a shortage of DX human resources in local governments and companies, increased training costs, lack of knowledge on training, and difficulty securing employment opportunities. Furthermore, local cities and organizations face similar challenges, such as reskilling individuals and methods regarding skill change and personnel evaluation.

In August 2022, BlueMeme Group hosted the “Urasoe City Regional DX Human Resource Development Program” in Urasoe City, Okinawa Prefecture. The program aimed to improve digital literacy and promote DX among the city’s businesses and citizens. BlueMeme Group provided support curriculum for in-house development using large-scale agile development and low-code. Additionally, BlueMeme Group offers over 30 low-code and agile training services annually throughout Japan.

Building on these accomplishments, BlueMeme Group will further develop similar activities at its Kumamoto office. To benefit citizens, BlueMeme Group will leverage no-code and low-code solutions to reduce learning costs and facilitate transitions to higher-paying IT roles that allow for remote work. For local companies, BlueMeme Group will not only support business improvement by offering business analysis methods, but also provide assistance for in-house system development using low-code, facilitating flexible system development and organizational transformation in anticipation of changes in the market environment.

BlueMeme Group currently has four business locations: Tokyo headquarters, Fukuoka, Okinawa, and Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The addition of the Kumamoto office will make it the fifth location. This will allow BlueMeme Group to expand the number of Citizen Developers (citizens trained as software developers) and to promote the development of new DX human resources through entrusted system development and in-house development support. By creating more job opportunities in regional cities and collaborating with local companies, BlueMeme Group will further promote DX more vigorously.