With the development of cloud technologies, businesses have started to move their workloads to the cloud. The resulting transition to a dense cloud infrastructure and the burden of digital transformation puts developers under pressure.
Developers under pressure
Couchbase, Inc., the leading modern database provider for enterprise applications. research by 650 IT decision makers; revealed that the development teams are under pressure and not sufficiently supported in the transition to the cloud and digital transformation initiatives.
The findings reveal that 88 percent of respondents are aware of the challenges faced by development teams, with the most pressing issues being difficult to meet deadlines and agility requirements (42 percent); being asked to do too much in too little time (40 percent) or not having the skills (24 percent) or technology they need (23 percent).
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Couchbase’s research found that despite the extensive contributions development teams have made to digital transformation and innovation initiatives, the lack of communication with resource and IT leaders still frustrates them. This prevents businesses from making the most of their potential and moving faster.
Other findings include:
-86 percent of respondents report barriers to supporting development teams: Key issues these businesses reported include difficulty redeploying development teams quickly to work on new projects as needed (32 percent); ensuring that development teams always have the right technology (31 percent) and identifying and solving problems their teams face (31 percent).
-Overall, 40 percent of respondents were unsure whether their development teams were behind or ahead of schedule. 27 percent find it difficult to keep track of the development team’s progress to make sure they meet their goals.
Development team growth stagnated as digital investment increased: Despite businesses planning to increase their digital transformation spend by 46 percent in 2022, developer teams only grew by an average of three percent last year. To close this gap, organizations will need to invest in growing their teams and making existing teams more efficient. This may explain why 32 percent of IT leaders are investing specifically in new technologies that will make developers’ jobs easier.
There is an opportunity to further strengthen their development teams: 30 percent of respondents say the pandemic has taught them how to strengthen their development teams, but 24 percent struggle to gauge whether their development teams are engaged and enthusiastic. The challenge now is to figure out how to get developers excited about their work and show results. For example, giving them the technologies they want and letting them build quickly the way they want.
Without the right support, development teams cannot achieve digital transformation as quickly as the business might need. 34 percent of respondents said that the pressure from developers to support agile development and innovation is a driving force for digital transformation projects, showing that developers have a direct impact on the speed at which an organization moves. However, 19 percent said that the failure of their development teams to meet the goals set for them has prevented their organizations from pursuing new digital transformation projects in the past 12 months.
IT leaders and developers share a similar goal: to create great apps. By increasing transparency and providing the right support and technologies, they can work together to make meaningful progress in their digital transformation initiatives.
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