App Development Disrupted: Answers and results from the 2017 State Of App Dev Survey

App Development Disrupted:
Answers and Results from The 2017
State of Application Development Survey

Dan Juengst
Principal Platform Evangelist
Steve Rotter
CMO

1 2 3 4Speed Scale Scope Skills

3,200 IT Professionals
36% - App Dev Managers
28% - Developers
10% - Architects
26% - Business
Management
& Other
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3,200 IT Professionals
40% - Europe
38% - Americas
22% - APAC

1 2 3 4Speed Scale Scope Skills

of CIOs feel they have 2 years to
advance their digital transformation
before suffering financially or falling
behind their competitors.The CIO Report
85%

“It’s no longer the
big beating the
small, but the fast
beating the slow.”
Eric Pearson,
CIO, InterContinental Group

How long does it take for your organization
to deliver a web app?

How long does it take for your organization
to deliver a mobile app?

No 61% Yes 39%
Are you happy with the speed your
organization delivers new applications?

1

15
Automation technology can also speed up
application delivery

16
Infrastructure
App
Server
Application Development Test/Deploy
Total Application Development Time

17
Infrastructure
App
Server
App
Server
IaaS/Cloud Vendors use automation to accelerate the
delivery of infrastructure

18
Infrastructure
App
Server
PaaS Vendors use automation to accelerate the
delivery of application stacks
App
Server

19
Infrastructure
App
Server
Application Development
Test/
Deploy
DevOps Vendors use automation to accelerate the
delivery of coded applications to Production
App
Server
Test/Deploy

20
Infrastructure
App
Server
Application
Development
Low-code platforms use automation to accelerate application
development, testing and deployment - the largest piece of
the total app dev cycle
App
Server
Test/Deploy

Organizations are
completely re-engineering their
IT strategies for extreme speed

22
"We reduced our
development hours by
75% and got to market
3x faster”

By the end of 2017,
two-thirds of Global 2000
CEOs will have digital
transformation at the
center of their corporate
strategy.IDC

Only 10% of companies
currently describe themselves
as fully digital.The Economist

How many apps is your organization
planning to deliver in 2017?

What types of apps is your organization
planning to build in 2017?

What is the top business functionality
for apps you will develop in 2017?

How many systems do you need to
integrate with when building your apps?
SaaS
Systems
Custom
Systems
58%
1-521%
6-10
13%
20+
8%
11-20
25%
20+
19%
6-10
15%
11-20
41%
1-5

35
And this problem only gets worse with
x x x x
More apps More platforms More data More technology More change

Organizations are
completely re-engineering their
IT strategies for scale

37
"Over 50 applications to
support their digital
transformation initiatives”

The demand for mobile apps is 5x greater than
the ability for organizations to deliver Gartner

What are your main challenges
delivering applications?
Time 40%
Mobile Development Skills 40%
Not Enough Developers 35%

What are the key mobile skills
you are hiring for?

Is low-code development part
of your strategy?

What types of apps are you delivering
with low-code development?

Conclusions
1 2 3 4
Winning
companies are
designing for
extreme speed.
Integration and
device
complexities will
only get worse...
Winning
companies are
designing for
extreme scale
Expand your
capacity to
deliver IT
solutions

App Development Disrupted:
Answers and Results from The 2017
State of Applications Development Survey
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