Trends Report

CIO Perspectives On App Dev: We Need New Approaches To Deliver Applications Faster

October 6th, 2011
Mike Gualtieri, VP, Principal Analyst
Mike Gualtieri VP, Principal Analyst
With contributors:
Mike Gilpin , Adam Knoll

Summary

Many CIOs are on the hot seat to innovate by delivering increasingly critical applications more quickly. To keep up with the accelerated pace of business, CIOs and application development and delivery leaders must re-evaluate how they develop and deliver applications. Forrester interviewed 15 CIOs to learn how they are coping with this challenge. Successful CIOs advise moving beyond being just an order taker by pragmatically eliminating complexity, introducing Agile where appropriate, and anticipating critical business needs.

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