Amazon Q Developer case studies: 3 sourced stories
Stories using Amazon Q Developer, including its code transformation agent for Java upgrades. Of the 3 stories, 3 were published by a tool vendor. 2 involve an existing codebase and 0 started from scratch. Every number links to where it was published.
- Vendor-published Upgrade / modernisation brownfield
Amazon upgrades tens of thousands of production apps to Java 17 with Amazon Q Developer
Amazon · 2024-08-01
- Tens of thousands (Java 8/11 → 17) Applications upgraded
- 4,500+ years Development work saved (estimate)
- $260M from performance improvements Annual cost savings (estimate)
Amazon Q Developer
- Vendor-published Upgrade / modernisation brownfield
Altisource modernizes 350,000 lines of legacy Java with Amazon Q Developer
Altisource
- 350,000+ lines Legacy Java modernized
- +25% (one modernization team, 'up to') Developer productivity
- ~160 → 200 Story points (3-month avg per engineer)
Amazon Q Developer
- Vendor-published Company rollout
DTCC reports 40% higher developer throughput in an Amazon Q Developer proof of concept
DTCC
- +40% average Developer throughput (POC)
- −30% average Code defects (POC)
- +5% Security scores across repos
Amazon Q Developer