Bill Seguin

Researcher Serving Application Development & Delivery Professionals

Bill is a researcher serving application development and delivery leaders. His research focuses on custom software development services, mobile low-code platforms, requirements management, Agile development, and modern application delivery. Bill also analyzes the issues affecting software developers and their managers, and he is helping to expand Forrester's coverage of Agile development and DevOps. He also serves as the research lead on the annual Forrester Data Global Business Technographics® Developer Survey.

Previous Work Experience

Prior to becoming a researcher, Bill was a research associate on Forrester’s application development and delivery team. In that role, he supported analysts covering trends in the packaged software space, software-as-a-service (SaaS), and services for packaged applications.

Education

Bill graduated from the University of Rhode Island with a B.A. in economics and a B.S. in biological sciences.

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Bill Seguin

Researcher Serving Application Development & Delivery Professionals

Previous Work Experience

Education

Bill graduated from the University of Rhode Island with a B.A. in economics and a B.S. in biological sciences.

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Bill Seguin's Research

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For Application Development & Delivery Professionals

REPORT: Coding Boot Camps: A New Source of Talent?

Turn To These Programs For Your Next Crop Of Developer Talent

May 20, 2019 Jeffrey S. Hammond, Bill Seguin

Software developers are hard to find, and companies need more and more of them every day. Unfortunately, some application development and delivery (AD&D) leaders hamstring themselves from the get-go by defaulting to a credential-focused application process. This approach eliminates candidates who lack classical training but are nonetheless up to the task. This report introduces the idea of hiring from coding boot camps and explains why your company should include boot campers as a source for developer talent.
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REPORT: Get Your Bearings On The Boot Camp Bayou

Engage With The Right Boot Camps To Find The Developers You Need

May 20, 2019 Jeffrey S. Hammond, Bill Seguin

Companies need to look for new sources for developer talent. Coding boot camps are a promising source, but it can be hard for application development and delivery (AD&D) leaders to understand the different kinds of boot camps out there. This report will explain the different flavors of boot camps and offer some ways to successfully engage with them.
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REPORT: Shift Performance Testing Left To Streamline App Delivery

Times Are Ready For Shift Left of Load and Speed Performance Testing

April 12, 2019 Diego Lo Giudice, Bill Seguin

As application development and delivery (AD&D) teams speed up continuous delivery (CD), they find performance testing too late in the cycle often results in costly rework. Continuous testing is the new best practice for CD, and Agile-plus-DevOps teams need to embrace shift left to make it happen. Functional testing has been shifting left; now it's time to do the same with performance testing, adding it to continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) automation. This report outlines what shift-left performance testing (SLPT) is, why it matters, and how to do it.
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REPORT: Understanding Low-Code Developers

Half Of AD&D Pros Like Low-Code Platforms — Who Are They?

April 8, 2019 John R. Rymer, Bill Seguin

Low-code platforms continue to expand throughout organizations. Application development and delivery (AD&D) teams realize they can potentially reap a great deal of value by adopting one, but their teams don't accept these tools universally. This report uses data from the Forrester Analytics Global Business Technographics® Developer Survey, 2018, to understand who "low coders" are, what they think about their jobs, and how they work. Understanding this will allow companies to maximize the potential of low-code adoption.
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REPORT: Early Adopters Of VSM Start To See The Light

How Early Adopters Of Value Stream Management Align App Dev With Business Outcomes

February 13, 2019 Christopher Condo, Bill Seguin

Value stream management (VSM) tools are starting to emerge to fill the gaps that DevOps alone can't, such as the capture and visualization of KPIs and the ability to connect business needs to value delivered. Early adopters of these tools come at them from opposite ends of the application development and delivery (AD&D) pipeline — and both starting points have their merits. Read this report to learn about how early adopters have approached VSM implementation and what steps they have taken to apply VSM tools to their AD&D process.

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REPORT: Find And Fix The Gaps In Your Modern Software Delivery

Assessment: The Modern Application Delivery Playbook

April 6, 2018 Diego Lo Giudice, Christopher Condo, Bill Seguin

Customer-obsessed organizations increasingly expect application leaders to speed and scale software delivery. Many leaders know they need to improve, but they struggle with what to do and where to start. Different application development and delivery (AD&D) teams face different challenges, but the patterns are consistent across organizations. Forrester's modern application delivery (MAD) assessment tool helps app development leaders find the gaps in their processes — and systematically and continuously fix them. This is an update of a previously published report; Forrester reviews and updates it periodically for continued relevance and accuracy; most recently, we updated this report to adhere to Forrester's assessment maturity tool and align the technology categories to the latest modern application delivery (MAD) playbook vision report.
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REPORT: Master Your SDLC For Modern Application Delivery

Landscape: The Modern Application Delivery Playbook

November 9, 2018 Christopher Condo, Diego Lo Giudice, Bill Seguin

The software development life cycle (SDLC) is a complex set of processes, people, and technologies. To truly master modern application delivery (MAD), application development and delivery (AD&D) leaders take a multidisciplinary approach to running and refining it. Read this report for a survey of the modern development life cycle and its future evolution. This is an update of a previously published report; Forrester reviews and updates it periodically for continued relevance and accuracy.
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REPORT: Now Tech: Mobile Low-Code Development Platforms, Q1 2018

Forrester's Overview Of 30 Low-Code Development Platform Providers

March 2, 2018 Jeffrey S. Hammond, Bill Seguin

You can use mobile low-code platforms to enlist non-expert developers, accelerate your professional developers' efforts and support mobile specific development needs. But to access these benefits, you'll first have to select from a diverse set of vendors — vendors that vary by size, functionality, geography, and vertical market focus. Application development and delivery professionals (AD&D) should use Forrester's Now Tech report to understand the value they can expect from a mobile low-code provider and select vendors based on size and functionality.
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REPORT: Now Tech: Service Providers For Custom Software Development, Q1 2018

Forrester's Overview Of Custom Software Development Service Providers

March 1, 2018 Christopher Condo, Bill Seguin

Application development and delivery (AD&D) leaders use custom software development service providers to achieve faster time to market, increase business agility, and get hard-to-find help creating innovative solutions. But to access these benefits, they first must select right partner from a diverse set of providers that vary by size, capability, geography, and vertical market. AD&D leaders should use Forrester's Now Tech report to understand the value they should expect from a software development service provider and to make their choice based on size and capabilities.
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REPORT: Now Tech: Agile Requirements Management Tools, Q2 2018

Forrester's Overview Of 22 Agile Requirements Management Providers

May 22, 2018 Margo Visitacion, Bill Seguin

Software development teams use agile requirements management (RM) tools to connect design and development, reduce technical debt, and maintain structure while scaling Agile. But to access these benefits, they first have to select from a diverse set of vendors that vary by size, functionality, geography, and vertical market focus. Application development and delivery (AD&D) leaders should use Forrester's Now Tech report to understand the value they can expect from a requirements management tool and to select vendors based on size and functionality.