What’s New In The 2024 Agile & DevOps Gartner® Hype Cycle™: Feature Management, Experimentation, and AI

The Gartner Hype Cycle for Agile and DevOps, 2024 highlights feature management as a high-value strategy that is steadily gaining adoption. Feature flags are now used not only to disable features but also for experimentation, testing, and progressive release. This allows for continuous monitoring and evaluation of features throughout their life cycle, creating feedback loops that aid in feature design. Additionally, the report mentions the growing use of AI-powered developer tools like GenAI and AI Code Assistants, which can enhance work environments by reducing stress from repetitive tasks and enabling developers to focus on innovative solutions.