... Conference topics Explore the topics that were covered at the 2026 conference, informed by key applications and software engineering challenges and emerging trends. AI Agent Architecture Establish fundamental components and architectural patterns for building AI agents while preventing failures and ...
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... JavaScript, Python and Rust — supporting too many languages causes software maintenance and skills challenges. For sustainable development, software engineering leaders must establish and manage a preferred set of languages. Overview Introduction Analysis Gartner Recommended Reading Gartner Research ...
... Access Research Already a Gartner client? Demand for AI agent development is increasing as organizations seek hyperefficiency. Software engineering leaders will find the vendors in this report valuable for addressing the growing demand from business and technology stakeholders to develop agents that ...
Analyst(s): Jim Scheibmeir | Nitish Tyagi | Manjunath Bhat | Adrian Leow
... Access Research Already a Gartner client? Maintaining high software quality standards is a top priority for software engineering leaders, yet many are dissatisfied with their team’s ability to meet these standards. This research highlights opportunities to partner with vendors who are pioneering advancements ...
Analyst(s): Joachim Herschmann | Ross Power | Jim Scheibmeir | Thomas Murphy
... new functionality quickly comes at the expense of good testing practices, increasing the risk of negative headlines when things go wrong. Software engineering leaders must revamp performance testing practices to explore how GenAI can improve effectiveness and outcomes. Overview Introduction Analysis Gartner ...
Analyst(s): Will Grant | Thomas Murphy | Joachim Herschmann | Jim Scheibmeir
... insight platforms provide visibility of team activities with customizable dashboards and support metrics frameworks like DORA and SPACE. Software engineering leaders should use these platforms to drive improved productivity and value delivery. Overview Strategic Planning Assumptions Market Definition ...
Analyst(s): Manjunath Bhat | Akis Sklavounakis | Peter Hyde | Frank O'Connor
... Combining API management with integration delivery leads to operational friction and hampers agility. To succeed with API-first integration, software engineering leaders should establish a separate API platform team to own API strategy, standards and delivery enablement, which complements the integration strategy ...
Analyst(s): Wei Jin | Andrew Comes | Shrey Pasricha | Keith Guttridge
... Design systems offer a faster, more scalable way to build high quality, consistent and accessible digital products. This research helps software engineering leaders understand how to adopt, adapt, and scale design systems effectively. Overview Strategic Planning Assumption Introduction Analysis Gartner ...
Analyst(s): Van Baker | Will Grant | Frank O'Connor | Brent Stewart
... AI-focused protocols like Model Context Protocol and Agent2Agent are creating both excitement and confusion in the AI developer community. Software engineering leaders should adopt MCP for context-oriented use cases and hold off evaluating interagent-oriented protocols until adoption is more widespread. ...
Analyst(s): Aaron Lord | Gary Olliffe | Keith Guttridge | Andrew Humphreys