Predictions 2023: Software Development

November 3rd, 2022

Chris Gardner VP, Research Director

John Bratincevic Principal Analyst

David Mooter Principal Analyst

Andrew Cornwall Senior Analyst

Christopher Condo Principal Analyst

Devin Dickerson Principal Analyst

Jessica D'Oliveira

With contributors:

Stephanie Balaouras , Janet Worthington , Sandy Carielli , Caroline Bonde , Kara Hartig

Summary

Software is an expression of the business. To enable this, developers must build software that leads to customer obsession while facing increasing pressure to quickly deliver digital capabilities. This is why, in 2023, we expect to see a major security breach befall citizen development, API strategies taken over by business leaders, metaverse standards remaining a mess, enterprises purchasing value stream management solutions, and WebAssembly growing at the edge. In this report, we explore Forrester’s predictions for software development in 2023.

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