The impact of automation on efforts to win, serve, and retain customers is unquestionable. However, it can be difficult for application development and delivery (AD&D) professionals to determine how diverse types of development automation relate to one another, where they might be able to reuse certain technologies, and how best to rationalize their portfolios. Using nine dimensions, Forrester compares seven types of development automation in this report. Eliminate redundancy where these technologies share an automation signature.