For Application Development & Delivery Professionals

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.

For Application Development & Delivery Professionals

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.

For Application Development & Delivery Professionals

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.

For Application Development & Delivery Professionals

REPORT: The State Of Low-Code Platform Adoption, 2018

February 6, 2019 John R. Rymer, Bill Seguin

Low-code development platforms are an increasingly hot topic of discussion with Forrester clients, but is this trend a flash in the pan? In 2018, Forrester gathered insights into the state of low-code development platform adoption. Application development and delivery (AD&D) leaders can learn from these survey respondents and understand how low code can help them achieve their business objectives.

For Application Development & Delivery Professionals

REPORT: Put Product Management To Work In Software Development

Organize Development By Product And Reap The Benefits

February 4, 2019 Christopher Condo, Bill Seguin

To deliver software faster, top-performing application development and delivery (AD&D) organizations have adopted product-centric teams that obliterate organizational silos and force teams to communicate, collaborate, and share in the collective success or failure of their efforts. An important cog for making such teams operate like clockwork is the product manager (PM). Read this report to explore the importance of the role and accelerate your transition to software product management.