Jeffrey S. Hammond Jeffrey S. Hammond
Senior Analyst

Research Coverage

Agile Methodologies, Web 2.0 Development, Application Development, Application Life-Cycle Management, Programming Languages, Application Infrastructure Technologies, Software Modeling, Rich Internet Applications, Software Change & Configuration Management, Social Computing & Web 2.0, Integrated Development Environments, Application Development Processes & Tools, Customer Experience

Research Focus

Jeffrey serves Application Development & Program Management professionals. He is a leading expert on software modeling techniques, integrated development environments, and the emergence of new rich Internet application development practices and tools.

Previous Work Experience

Jeffrey joined Forrester from IBM, where he was part of the Rational brand strategy and planning team and was responsible for launching the IBM Rational Software Development Platform. Prior to IBM's acquisition of Rational, Jeffrey led teams that created award-winning application development tools, including Rational Rose/J Edition, Rose/CORBA, and Rose/PowerBuilder. Jeffrey's extended tenure at Rational included a wide variety of software industry roles, including product management, product marketing, business development, strategy and planning, and project management. Jeffrey has worked in the IT industry since 1989 and has experience with a variety of application development technologies that include modeling, SCM, requirements management, 4GL, and 3GL tools and languages

Prior to joining Rational Software, Jeffrey was part of Accenture's Advanced Systems Group, where he led application development projects at Fortune 500 clients in the pharmaceutical and insurance industries.

Education

Jeffrey holds a B.S. in economics (finance) from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Latest Research

Planned Research

Working With Agencies; What APMs Need To Know March 2009
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The New Programming Model: Domains, Business Metadata, and Dynamic Applications October 2009
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Open Source Adoption Best Practices November 2008
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The Forrester Wave: RIA Applications Platforms March 2009
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Jeffrey is an avid home brewer.


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