DevOps has become a hot strategy for IT teams across just about every industry—and for good reason. DevOps is built around increasing the velocity of the development pipeline, and in businesses where time to market is a key to success, it’s easy to imagine why DevOps has gained traction. While the tools and processes put […]
Common Pitfalls of Software Development and Tips to Avoid Them
In business, no one wants to plan on failure. However, when it comes to software development, failure is more common than most managers want to admit. In particular, many managers and executives fear large software-based projects are especially likely to fail due to the complex nature of these projects and the nuanced reality of the […]
Implementing DevSecOps Goes Beyond Technology
While technology is crucial for implementing DevSecOps, it is the people, processes and culture that drive it forward. As recently as last year, a survey found 58% of technology leaders cited existing culture and lack of skills as hurdles to being able to embed security testing and evaluation within software development processes. That report found […]
Online Experimentation: With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility
Recently we had the honor of giving a talk at this year’s Turing Festival. The festival, which is held in Edinburgh, is one of Europe’s biggest cross-functional tech conferences and is named after the late Alan Turing, who invented the Turing Machine. This invention cracked the Nazi Germany Enigma code, helped to end World War […]
Should Your Company Use DBaaS?
From SaaS to IaaS, companies are rapidly moving to the cloud to gain huge agility and cost benefits. So, is it time for your company to take advantage of database as a service (DBaaS)? Here’s a high-level discussion to help you along your decision path. First, it’s important to distinguish DBaaS from simply running a […]
Split Software Adds Feature Monitoring to Feature Delivery Toolset
One of the issues that has long plagued both development and test is determining exactly where problem code exists. The increasing rate of change that agile and DevOps have brought to projects makes this problem worse than ever because changes today can impact code from yesterday–or yesteryear. The constant flux that modern software is in […]
Why DevOps is Like Football
When it’s done right, DevOps is an impressive feat. You have groups of professionals all melding together as one large team working toward a common goal. The groups–and the individuals themselves–perform their roles and hand off tasks to each other at just the right times. They follow pre-designed plans, but they constantly tweak those plans, […]
Radical Transparency in DevOps and ITSM Helps Achieve Excellent Customer Experience
Here’s what I’ve noticed after spending several years in service management: DevOps is coming up more in the conversations I’m having with service desk leaders. Usually, these conversations start with one of the similar questions: DevOps is going to be the death of ITSM, correct? Alternatively, some consider DevOps as a challenge, and ITSM doesn’t […]
5 Tips to Eliminate Knowledge Gaps in Dev and QA
To create and release high-quality software, the software development lifecycle (SDLC) was established using different roles and processes designed to work seamlessly together. This approach is of critical importance because it spans the initial planning phase, all the way through production release and monitoring. Roles vary within projects but typically include designers, business analysts (BA), […]
Why Modernizing Security is Like Visiting a Fast-Food Restaurant
Fast casual restaurants are taking over the food industry. Today’s consumers want quality and speed, and the brick-and-mortar model offering immediate service paired with quality ingredients perfectly fits the bill. It’s the new, modernized dining experience. You can also argue that the same modernization taking the food industry by storm is happening in the security […]