Trends Report

Brief: The Latest Battleground Between Designers And Developers Is Front-End Development

The Democratization Of The Front End Creates A Highly Political Environment

October 29th, 2015
Anjali Yakkundi, null
Anjali Yakkundi
With contributors:
Stephen Powers , Dominique Whittaker , Leah Buley , Michael Facemire , Kevin Driscoll , Tyler Thurston

Summary

Application development and delivery (AD&D) and customer experience teams are colliding when it comes to front-end development, user experience (UX), and design. Organizations want to bring user experience and design closer to the business. But they don't know to whom front-end developers should report: in the business or within central technology management groups. This report explores where and when organizations should be embedding front-end development into the business, and when front-end development must be owned by technology management groups.

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