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• Report Digital Transformation Requires Development Transformation

  Vision: The Modern Application Delivery Playbook

  December 29, 2020 | Jeffrey Hammond, Diego Lo Giudice, Christopher Condo

  Most IT organizations don't have the right operational models to develop and deliver great digital experiences. This report makes a case that digital and software development leaders should take a...

• Report Organize Your App-Dev Teams With Agile And DevOps

  Organization: The Modern Application Delivery Playbook

  October 9, 2020 | Diego Lo Giudice

  Application development and delivery (AD&D) leaders are embracing modern application delivery practices and taking the steps they need to transform their organizations. This means changing culture,...

• Report Assess And Enhance Your Modern Application Delivery Journey

  Assessment: The Modern Application Delivery Playbook

  October 2, 2020 | Diego Lo Giudice

  Customer-obsessed organizations increasingly expect application leaders to speed and scale software delivery. Many application development and delivery (AD&D) leaders know they need to improve, but...

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  Webinar The Future Of Software Development: How AI Will Automate 70% Of Software Development

  September 24, 2020 | Diego Lo Giudice, Mike Gualtieri

  Automated software development is not science fiction. Continuing breakthroughs in AI technologies, including deep learning, reinforcement learning, and high-performance computing, are already...

• Report Scaling Agile: What The Spotify Approach Can Do For You

  Roadmap: The Modern Application Delivery Playbook

  August 7, 2020 | Diego Lo Giudice

  Spotify's model for scaling Agile software delivery has gained interest among enterprises and application development and delivery (AD&D) pros alike, which we learned in our research and interviews...

• Report RPA And Test Automation Are More Friends Than Foes

  But You Can't Extend Test Automation Technology To RPA And Vice Versa

  May 15, 2020 | Diego Lo Giudice, Craig Le Clair

  Test automation has evolved for more than 30 years, with peak growth in the past five. The robotic process automation (RPA) market is fewer than 10 years old, with most of its growth in the past...

• Report Forrester Infographic: The State Of Agile At Scale And Agile Expertise

  Unlock Greater Value While Adapting Agile At Scale

  March 25, 2020 | Diego Lo Giudice

  Forrester surveyed 149 global professionals about their firm's Agile practices and compared Agile experts side by side with their neophyte counterparts. It isn't possible to copy Agile experts;...

• Report The State Of Agile 2019: Are We At Scale Yet?

  Behavioral Change Is The Biggest Roadblock To Agile At Scale

  March 13, 2020 | Diego Lo Giudice

  Agile software development practices are fueling software innovations globally. Agile techniques create more value for the business, and faster, than do traditional methods. Lately, Agile...

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  Webinar The Global State Of Agile At Scale, Q1 2020

  March 10, 2020 | Diego Lo Giudice, Andrew Dobak

  Believe it or not, Agile at scale adoption is still hot on our clients’ radar. It’s more about adapting practices and frameworks to create your own Agile way. Transformation leaders...

• Report Now Tech: Continuous Functional Test Automation Suites, Q1 2020

  Forrester's Overview Of 31 Continuous Functional Test Automation Providers

  March 5, 2020 | Diego Lo Giudice, Julia Caldwell

  You can use continuous functional test automation tools to improve software quality, decrease testing overhead, and deliver value to customers faster. But to realize these benefits, you'll first...

• Report Elevate Agile-Plus-DevOps With Value Stream Management

  VSM Takes Over Where Application Lifecycle Management Leaves Off

  February 19, 2020 | Christopher Condo, Diego Lo Giudice

  Practicing value stream management (VSM) allows companies to turn their Agile-plus-DevOps environments into real digital business drivers. With VSM, organizations implementing Agile-plus-DevOps...

• Report Now Tech: Shift-Left Performance Testing Suites Of Tools, Q4 2019

  Forrester's Overview Of 16 Shift-Left Performance Testing Suites Of Tools Providers

  December 27, 2019 | Diego Lo Giudice

  Shift-left performance testing (SLPT) tools help you speed delivery of higher-quality software features, decrease the costs of fixing performance issues, and decrease the risks of poor customer...

• Report Master The SDLC For Modern Application Delivery

  Landscape: The Modern Application Delivery Playbook

  December 5, 2019 | Christopher Condo, Diego Lo Giudice

  The software development lifecycle (SDLC) is a complex set of processes, people, and technologies. To truly master modern application delivery (MAD), application development and delivery (AD&D)...

• Report No Testing Means No Trust In AI: Part 1

  Ensure Testing Of Your AI-Infused Applications

  November 12, 2019 | Diego Lo Giudice

  AI is being infused into new and classic software everywhere. However, only one-third of developers claim to know how to test AI-based systems. This report is a call to action for application...

• Report Predictions 2020: Software Development

  November 4, 2019 | Jeffrey Hammond, Randy Heffner, Rob Koplowitz

  AD&D pros: Read this report to learn about five market-shifting events that will punctuate the world of software development in 2020.

• Report Predictions 2020: DevOps

  Firms Will Embrace New Customer-Centric Approaches As DevOps Speeds Falter

  November 4, 2019 | Charles Betz, Diego Lo Giudice, Christopher Condo

  DevOps continues to capture hearts and minds. However, with release speeds slowing, it's experiencing an inflection point. To succeed, integrated DevOps teams must perceive this inflection point as...

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  Webinar Testing AI-Infused Applications: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly

  October 30, 2019 | Diego Lo Giudice

  For the next five years, you will be infusing your applications with artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities, giving them speech, hearing, sight, and decision-making capabilities. You might be...

• Report The Forrester Tech Tide™: Continuous Software Delivery, Q4 2019

  Tools And Technology: The Modern Application Delivery Playbook

  October 25, 2019 | Diego Lo Giudice

  Continuous software delivery (CSD) is increasingly critical to firms' ability to win, serve, and retain customers. To accelerate their performance in CSD, companies are evaluating and adopting a...

• Report Forrester Infographic: Customers Weigh In On Continuous Testing Services

  October 7, 2019 | Diego Lo Giudice

  Continuous testing service (CTS) providers offer a gamut of solutions to help customers deliver better software faster. We surveyed 25 CTS customers to learn more about their challenges and the...

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  Webinar Shift Performance Testing Left To Get Continuous Delivery Right!

  September 25, 2019 | Diego Lo Giudice

  As application development and delivery teams speed up continuous delivery (CD), they find that performance testing too late in the cycle often results in costly rework. Continuous testing is...

• Report The Spotify Approach In Banking: Don't Copy It; Adapt It

  How To Scale Agile By Cherry-Picking From The Spotify Approach

  September 6, 2019 | Diego Lo Giudice, Oliwia Berdak

  Born-digital firms have embraced next-generation organizational structures. The Spotify approach in particular is hogging the limelight. But what works in lean digital businesses might not be...

• Report The 12 Must-Dos For Achieving Continuous Software Testing

  Say Goodbye To Testing As Usual

  August 14, 2019 | Diego Lo Giudice, Bill Seguin

  Application development and delivery (AD&D) leaders must not forget about the importance of QA. Teams need to develop software faster, but never at the cost of lower quality. So how can teams...

• Report Forrester Infographic: Use Spotify To Inspire Your Agile-At-Scale Journey

  August 2, 2019 | Diego Lo Giudice

  No single Agile framework or operating model fits all needs. You can't copy an Agile culture, but you can be inspired by it. Companies like Fidelity Investments, HSBC, and Roche have adapted an...

• Report Master The Gamut Of Software Development Automation

  Apply Forrester's Framework To Create A Holistic Automation Strategy

  June 24, 2019 | Diego Lo Giudice, Chris Gardner, Christopher Condo

  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...

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  Webinar Autonomous Testing Is Like Autonomous Driving: The AI Needs Human Assistance

  March 5, 2019 | Diego Lo Giudice

  Digital acceleration can't happen without better-quality software, and software testing matters more than ever for quality at speed. However, test automation lags, and growing complexity everywhere...