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For Application Development & Delivery Professionals
How CEOs Should Lead The Most Important — And Perplexing — Corporate Domain
February 21, 2019
John R. Rymer, Jeffrey S. Hammond
Ultimately, application development and delivery (AD&D) leaders and CIOs don't hold the keys to the fast, high-quality software delivery that is so crucial to digital business success — CEOs do. Culture, organization, and metrics are the province of CEOs, and many software leaders say that cultural and organizational barriers and counterproductive metrics limit their progress. So rather than just watching from the sidelines and hoping for good results, CEOs must actively foster the software capabilities their firms need. Read this report to learn how.
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For Application Development & Delivery Professionals
Oracle's Licensing Changes Spur Clients To Consider Alternatives
February 6, 2019Jeffrey S. Hammond,
John R. Rymer
In June 2018, Oracle announced a new support model for its commercial Java runtime, Oracle Java SE. Java SE Subscription is a jarring disruption to long-term Java shops, including hikes in support costs from new fees. Read this report to understand the new program and the four alternative approaches to Java licensing that application development and delivery (AD&D) pros must pick from.
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For CIO Professionals
Serverless Computing Accelerates Software Innovation
November 19, 2018Jeffrey S. Hammond
Serverless computing — a set of cloud services, programming patterns, business models, and design ideas — enables new levels of flexibility in software through applications that respond to events. CIOs and business technology leaders should read this brief to learn more about the key research on serverless architecture and its impact on application and service development.
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Vision: The Modern Application Delivery Playbook
October 9, 2018Jeffrey S. Hammond,
Diego Lo Giudice,
Christopher Condo
Most IT organizations don't have the right operational models to develop and deliver great digital experiences. This report makes a case that digital and software development leaders should take a customer-focused approach to software development in support of digital transformation efforts. By adopting best practices associated with modern application delivery, application development and delivery (AD&D) leaders can significantly improve the odds of a successful digital transformation. This is an update of a previously published report; Forrester reviews and updates it periodically for continued relevance and accuracy.
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For CIO Professionals
Tailor Agile Practices To Include Hardware Teams And Rapid Prototyping
August 13, 2018Jeffrey S. Hammond
This report is one of a series of best practices for building and deploying smart products to the internet of things (IoT). When building solutions for the IoT, teams must modify standard Agile software development practices to improve integration with hardware teams and better integrate edge devices with core IoT data analysis and services.
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For Application Development & Delivery Professionals
August 22, 2016Jeffrey S. Hammond,
Michael Facemire,
Julie A. Ask
The mobile computing revolution rivals the move from monolithic systems to client-server in the 1990s. Similarly, we're seeing massive architecture changes as companies modernize the way they build applications. Modern experiences require omnichannel clients and elastic infrastructure, and they're composed of service endpoints. This report focuses on the changes that app development leaders need to make to serve effective, contextual mobile moments. It looks at how modern applications are evolving and what development teams should prepare for now. This is an update of a previously published report; Forrester reviews and updates it periodically for continued relevance and accuracy. We revised this edition to factor in the evolution of mobile experience development tools, processes, and trends.
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Executive Overview: The Mobile App Development Playbook
June 20, 2017Jeffrey S. Hammond,
Michael Facemire
The mobile mind shift is driving businesses' customers and stakeholders to expect (and demand) support for a wide variety of smartphones and tablets. But for application development and delivery pros, building mobile experiences is different from building websites or traditional client/server applications. It's not just the technologies that are different — development processes need to be faster and produce higher-quality experiences to meet higher expectations. This report serves as the executive overview for the mobile app development playbook. This is an update of a previously published report; Forrester reviews and updates it periodically for continued relevance and accuracy.
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Organization: The Mobile App Development Playbook
August 24, 2010Jeffrey S. Hammond
Developing mobile applications used to be an arcane activity pursued by highly specialized developers, but no more. The surge in popularity of Android devices, BlackBerries, and iPhones has application development professionals gearing up to incorporate mobile development into mainstream development processes. The first step in taking mobile development mainstream is defining your strategy. Learn from your peers in consumer product strategy by applying Forrester's POST method to your mobile development efforts. Begin by understanding what types of mobile users you need to support. Next, determine your objectives, and then build a strategy based on your desired offering and level of corporate commitment to mobile. Once you have completed these three steps, then — and only then — should you choose from among the six mobile development styles at your disposal and the vendors that offer mobile platforms and tools that can aid your efforts.
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For Application Development & Delivery Professionals
Atlassian, CollabNet, IBM, Microsoft, MKS, And Rally Lead The Pack
May 5, 2010Jeffrey S. Hammond, Dave West
In Forrester's evaluation of Agile development management (ADM) tool vendors, we found that IBM and MKS led the pack with the best overall current feature sets. Atlassian, CollabNet, and Microsoft are also Leaders with capable products and aggressive strategies that will result in significant product improvements in 2010 and beyond. Rally Software Development is also a category Leader; it offers the best current balance of product capability and strategic outlook. HP, Serena Software, and VersionOne are Strong Performers offering competitive options. In the case of HP and Serena, their products are new introductions to the market and should improve as the vendors mature and gain customers. VersionOne is a stalwart in the Agile space that offers excellent planning capabilities but is less flexible than other products when it comes to reporting and integration with application life-cycle management (ALM) tools. And while the solution recently acquired by Micro Focus appeals to client-server and legacy developers, Micro Focus must clarify its future strategy for ADM before it can move into a leadership position.
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Continuous Improvement: The Mobile App Development Playbook
January 17, 2018Jeffrey S. Hammond,
Michael Facemire
Mobile users drive development teams to deliver new features and capabilities. Mobile performance management tools provide an essential feedback loop to guide the content of these updates. The collection of real-time data across technical-, engagement-, and business-aligned metrics helps companies better win, serve, and retain customers by gathering the information app developers need to gain insights into what's working and what's not. This report details a number of valuable metrics that teams commonly collect and describes the tools and frameworks that can help collect them. This is an update of a previously published report; Forrester reviews and updates it periodically for continued relevance and accuracy.
