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Michael Facemire

Michael Facemire

VP, Principal Analyst Serving Application Development & Delivery Professionals

Michael serves Application Development & Delivery Professionals. He is a leading expert on mobile software development, software development processes, and next-generation software architectures.

Previous Work Experience

Michael has more than 15 years of experience in the software development industry. He joined Forrester from IBM, where he delivered industry-leading applications in mobile, social software, content management, portal, and workflow. While there, he authored or co-authored 23 patents in the areas of mobile software, collaborative systems, content management, and media services that have been issued or pending.

Education

Michael holds a bachelor's degree in computer engineering from Case Western Reserve University.

Michael Facemire

VP, Principal Analyst Serving Application Development & Delivery Professionals

Michael serves Application Development & Delivery Professionals. He is a leading expert on mobile software development, software development processes, and next-generation software architectures.

Previous Work Experience

Michael has more than 15 years of experience in the software development industry. He joined Forrester from IBM, where he delivered industry-leading applications in mobile, social software, content management, portal, and workflow. While there, he authored or co-authored 23 patents in the areas of mobile software, collaborative systems, content management, and media services that have been issued or pending.

Education

Michael holds a bachelor's degree in computer engineering from Case Western Reserve University.

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  • For Application Development & Delivery Professionals

    REPORT: Building A Mobile Business Case: It's A Steep Climb

    Business Case: The Mobile App Development Playbook

    August 31, 2017 Julie A. Ask, Jeffrey S. Hammond, Michael Facemire

    Mobile app development may seem inexpensive, but it's not. While there are low-cost development tools and frameworks, apps require ongoing support and updates, and labor costs are high. Moreover, the cost of app development is a drop in the bucket compared with the cost of powering apps through infrastructure that taps into real-time information and services. Application development and delivery leaders must carefully plan a business case that captures the benefits, total costs, and risks of mobile development. This report lays out the steps in that process.

  • For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

    REPORT: The Future Of Enterprise Mobility

    Three Technologies That Create A Productive Mobile Employee Experience

    August 11, 2017Michael Facemire, Andrew Hewitt, Elinor Klavens

    When it comes to enterprise mobility, I&O pros have focused heavily on delivering apps to workers — and are missing the real opportunity to mobilize workers. While some apps are vital to employee productivity, the reality is that most company-deployed apps are poorly designed and have low adoption among employees. This report looks at three technologies — team messaging platforms, new web standards, and actionable notifications — and how I&O leaders can use them to improve the mobile employee experience and enterprise app manageability.

  • For CIO Professionals

    REPORT: The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Health Clouds, Q3 2017

    Developer-Friendly Platforms Lead The Way With Insights-Driven Offerings

    July 26, 2017 Kate McCarthy, Michael Facemire, Alex Kramer

    In our 37-criteria evaluation of enterprise health cloud providers, we identified the 10 most significant ones — ClearDATA, CloudMine, IBM, Kinvey, Medable, Microsoft, MphRx, NTT DATA, Salesforce, and SAS — and researched, analyzed, and scored them. This report shows how each provider measures up and helps healthcare CIOs make the right choice.

  • For eBusiness & Channel Strategy Professionals

    REPORT: The Mobile Mind Shift Road Map

    Road Map: The Mobile eBusiness Playbook

    July 25, 2017Michael Facemire

    Customers, partners, and internal stakeholders are challenging digital business leaders to build new digital experiences: mobile apps, websites, connected devices, and chat interfaces, just to name a few. This report outlines how business leaders can harness technology options that seem to be spiraling out of control to build a comprehensive digital experience strategy.

  • For Application Development & Delivery Professionals

    REPORT: Build Mobile Experiences That Drive Engagement

    Executive Overview: The Mobile App Development Playbook

    June 20, 2017 Jeffrey 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.

  • For Application Development & Delivery Professionals

    REPORT: The Future Of Mobile Experience Development

    Vision: The Mobile App Development Playbook

    August 22, 2016 Jeffrey 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.

  • For Application Development & Delivery Professionals

    REPORT: Build Mobile Experiences That Drive Engagement

    Executive Overview: The Mobile App Development Playbook

    June 20, 2017 Jeffrey 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.

  • For Application Development & Delivery Professionals

    REPORT: Native, Web, And Cross-Platform Mobile Apps All Have Their Place

    Strategic Plan: The Mobile App Development Playbook

    February 24, 2016John M. Wargo, Michael Facemire

    In clients' inquiries regarding mobile app development, the most common question is: "Should we go with a native development approach, use HTML5, or use cross-platform tools?" Our answer: It's not either/or; application development pros should use the approach that best fits the app in question. The choice depends upon the target users, business objectives, and strategies employed to achieve those objectives. Answering these questions, and sizing the available investment for app development and maintenance, will help developers select the right approach. 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 new data, examples, and ideas.

  • For Application Development & Delivery Professionals

    REPORT: Mobile Needs A Four-Tier Engagement Platform

    Road Map: The Mobile App Development Playbook

    May 23, 2016Michael Facemire, Ted Schadler, John McCarthy

    Mobile is pushing aging web architectures to the brink. The three-tier architecture built for a browser-led PC world can't flex, scale, or respond to the needs of a good mobile experience or the emerging requirements for connected products. Mobile's volatility and velocity of change require a distributed four-tier architecture that we call an "engagement platform." The engagement platform separates technical capabilities into four parts: client, delivery, aggregation, and services. App developers need to start planning immediately for the migration from three tiers to four. This is an update of a previously published report; Forrester reviews and updates it periodically for continued relevance and accuracy.

  • For Application Development & Delivery Professionals

    REPORT: Build Five-Star Mobile Apps

    Processes: The Mobile App Development Playbook

    January 4, 2017 Jeffrey S. Hammond, Michael Facemire

    Companies hoping to reach customers through the mobile channel need to ensure their apps get high ratings. So what's the best way to structure a development shop to build a highly rated app? For this report, which is the processes report of the mobile app development playbook for application development and delivery (AD&D) professionals, we spoke with more than a dozen leading developers about how they build, test, and release five-star mobile apps and determined the development best practices these shops use to build them. This is an update of a previously published report. Forrester reviews and updates it periodically for continued relevance and accuracy.

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