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title: 'Grassroot IT'
url: 'https://grassroot.it/en'
markdown: 'https://grassroot.it/en/index.md'
lang: en
date: '2026-11-11'
description: 'A framework for developing and professionally operating applications created in business departments. Organisational value and compliance guide the entire lifecycle.'
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# Grassroot IT

A framework for developing and professionally operating applications created in business departments. Organisational value and compliance guide the entire lifecycle.

 [Explore the framework ](https://grassroot.it/en/konzept) 

 [![Organisational value and compliance guide development and operations across the lifecycle. Skills and collaboration form the foundation.](https://grassroot.it/user/themes/grassroot-design-0.4.2/images/grassroot-intro-en.svg)](https://grassroot.it/en/konzept) 

 ![](https://grassroot.it/user/themes/grassroot-design-0.4.2/images/einstieg.svg)## Understand a use case

What task does the solution perform and who relies on its results?

[Understand a use case](https://grassroot.it/en/artikel/tabelle-zur-anwendung)

 ![](https://grassroot.it/user/themes/grassroot-design-0.4.2/images/lebenszyklus.svg)## Plan the route into operation

From the initial need through testing to orderly introduction.

[Plan the route into operation](https://grassroot.it/en/artikel/vom-prototypen-zur-anwendung)

## New developments

[All articles ](https://grassroot.it/en/artikel)

### [BAIT and DORA: the position towards the end of 2026](https://grassroot.it/en/artikel/bait-und-dora)

Departmental applications can support important business processes. In finance, their development and operation must therefore be assessed against applicable supervisory…

 [Read more ](https://grassroot.it/en/artikel/bait-und-dora) 

### [Develop with artificial intelligence and verify the results](https://grassroot.it/en/artikel/ki-entwicklung-pruefen)

Artificial intelligence (AI) can help formulate requirements, draft programs and explain code. For Grassroot IT, this provides another way to turn specialist knowledge in…

 [Read more ](https://grassroot.it/en/artikel/ki-entwicklung-pruefen) 

## Getting started

### [When does a spreadsheet become an application?](https://grassroot.it/en/artikel/tabelle-zur-anwendung)

A workbook in Microsoft Excel may begin with a few calculations and later underpin important decisions. A database in Microsoft Access may i…

 [Read more ](https://grassroot.it/en/artikel/tabelle-zur-anwendung) 

### [From prototype to reliable application](https://grassroot.it/en/artikel/vom-prototypen-zur-anwendung)

A prototype makes an idea tangible and shows whether it can support a business process. Sustained use also requires clear expectations, limi…

 [Read more ](https://grassroot.it/en/artikel/vom-prototypen-zur-anwendung) 

### [Operate applications reliably](https://grassroot.it/en/artikel/anwendungen-verlaesslich-betreiben)

An application fulfils its purpose over time when use, maintenance and recovery are organised. The approach should be manageable and actuall…

 [Read more ](https://grassroot.it/en/artikel/anwendungen-verlaesslich-betreiben)

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