Predictions 2021: Software Development

October 30th, 2020

Diego Lo Giudice Vice President, Principal Analyst

Margo Visitacion Vice President, Principal Analyst

John Bratincevic Principal Analyst

Christopher Condo Principal Analyst

Jeffrey Hammond

Randy Heffner

Rob Koplowitz

John Rymer

With contributors:

Chris Gardner , Abigail Livingston

Summary

In 2021, at least one-third of application development and delivery (AD&D) professionals will leverage machine learning to improve test automation. Remote development will force a collaborative work management and value stream management revolution. And after a number of AD&D pros paused modernization efforts in 2020, they will accelerate again in 2021. In this report, we explore Forrester’s predictions for software development in 2021.

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