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Tool:Firms Face Critical Challenges Hiring BAs And Project Managers

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Blog:What Is The Definition Of An "Application"?

What is the definition of an "application"? We are "applications development and delivery professionals" - surely we have this question nailed, don't we? The question keeps coming up in...

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Blog:DevOps Conflict - Do You Feel It?

Applications development people can't stand the Luddites in the operations group, and ops people hate those prima donas in apps dev - at least that's what we are led to believe. To...

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Report:BT 2020: To Thrive In The Empowered Era, You'll Need Software, Software Everywhere

We've entered the empowered era: an age in which power has shifted from corporations and government institutions to people — people who have been empowered by software-fueled technology. The...

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Report:Forecast For Hiring Applications Professionals Is Stormy — Act Now To Recruit And Retain The Best

Managers at all levels of application development and delivery struggle to retain talented applications professionals amidst tight budgets, burgeoning workloads, and a host of other challenges. A...

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Report:Revamp Your Organization For Agile And Lean

Skills And Staffing: The Agile And Lean Playbook

This report outlines the skills and staffing part of Forrester's solution for application development and delivery (AD&D) executives working on Agile and Lean. It is designed to help AD&D execs act...

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Report:Determine If You're Agile And Lean Enough

Assessment Framework: The Agile And Lean Playbook

This report outlines the assessment framework of Forrester's solution for application development and delivery (AD&D) professionals working on Agile and Lean transformation. This report is designed...

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Report:Application Portfolio Tools Miss The Mark

Customers Want Much Better Business-Level IT Transparency

The adage "If you build it, they will come" simply hasn't taken hold yet in the fragmented application portfolio management (APM) tools market. In the words of one frustrated customer, "If tools were...

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Report:Assessing Your Applications — Metrics That Matter Drive Better Rationalization Decisions

Applications professionals have never been busier, yet business leaders lament how little they receive in return for their IT investments. Both perceptions have merit, but they only serve to divert...

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Report:Proof Points For Mainframe Application Migration

Answering The Classic Clash Question: "Should I Stay Or Should I Go?"

Previous Forrester research outlined a framework for deciding whether migrating your applications from the mainframe platform makes sense by identifying the factors that enter into a well-reasoned...

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Blog:Dell Bolsters Its Apps Mod Street Cred By Acquiring MAKE Technologies And Clerity

Dell made two bold moves last week that bolster its apps modernization street cred. Since MAKE Technologies and Clerity Solutions may not be household names to you, here are our...

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Report:Define "Application" Based On Your Context To Avoid False Starts In Your Rationalization Efforts

Debate over the definition of the term "application" is needlessly stalling application rationalization, application portfolio management (APM), and application benchmarking efforts, based on the...

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Report:How To Become A BT Leader — And Leave IT Order-Taking Behind

Three Cases Show The Path To App Delivery's High-Value Career Choices

How application development and delivery professionals serve the business is changing, calling for new delivery methods, organizational models, roles, and processes. The change: App delivery pros...

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Tool:"Modern" Language Skills And Methodology Skills Present The Most Hiring Challenges

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Tool:Leadership, Management, And Analytical Skills Are The Top "Soft-Skills" Hiring Challenges

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Tool:Workforce Planning Functions Are Not Effective Enough

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Report:zEnterprise Should Change The Role Of The Mainframe In Application Strategy Decisions

On July 22, 2010, IBM released a series of product announcements under the banner of zEnterprise that will force firms with both mainframe and distributed systems to rethink their application...

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Report:Forrester's Application Scoring Workbook

This tool bases application assessments on customizable questions and weightings in four categories of metrics: business importance, application condition, EA condition, and vendor condition.

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Blog:Champions Of Change: The App Dev & Delivery Role In 2020

Can you remember what life was like 10 years ago? How were your personal life and professional life different than they are today? Here are a few reminders about life in 2001: ...

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Report:Server Sprawl And Cost Reduction Bring New Customers To Mainframe/Linux Platform

Trade press articles and industry pundits have been talking about the death of the mainframe for decades. Vendors use the phrase "mainframe modernization" as a euphemism for migrating applications...

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Tool:Hiring Qualified Applications Professionals Is A Challenge For Most Firms

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Blog:The Great Platform Debate Is "Shipping Up To Boston" At #ADF11!!!!

Sorry folks but as a Murphy, I just can't resist the temptation - Irish rockers "The Dropkick Murphys" sing a song called "Shipping Up To Boston" - and that is exactly what I and my...

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Tool:Major Off-Host COBOL Ecosystem Product Categories And Vendors

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Blog:Application Portfolio Management - Are You Doing It? Using Tools? Doing Without Tools?

The term application portfolio management (APM) has been around for a while now, and I'd like to solicit some opinions and discussion about it.   What is your level of interest in...

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Blog:IBM's zEnterprise Is A Game Changer For Application-Platform Choice

A quick note on a big announcement today by IBM that is being rolled out as I write this. No, I don't have a crystal ball - my colleague Brad Day and I spent a day in Poughkeepsie in...