The DevOps goal to reduce lead times by accelerating software deliveries presents a serious challenge for assuring the quality of the software that is delivered. As I indicated In my […]
What Developers Can Learn from Apple’s iOS Woes
Apple’s decision to delay new features in iOS to address performance and quality issues is a setback for the company, but it also holds valuable lessons for software developers and […]
Keep Developers Happy and Velocity High
In today’s economy, the companies that prevail are those that can accelerate software delivery and increase developer productivity. Yet, as applications become more complex and codebases grow, companies are forced […]
Quality Culture, DevOps Forge Better Connections Between IT, Lines of Business
The automation of software development does not obviate the need for a collaboration between IT and the lines of business, or the development of a culture of quality on the […]
In DevOps, Quality is a Team Effort
Technology is changing every industry; we can all agree on this foundational premise. If you disagree, I believe the rest of this post is going to do nothing for you, […]
The Role of QA in the DevOps World
The need for faster time to market and superior quality is getting intense in the software development process. Software trends for 2017 suggest that DevOps will grow as a trend […]
APIs: Automation is Great. So is Usability
Many developers are not so great at documentation. Ask anyone who’s been thrown into a large code base. Changes aren’t documented well, tribal knowledge thrives in the code comments, and […]
Release Automation: Delivering the Big Quality Payoff
Have you ever gone down the path of testing the latest release of an application only to find out that you had the wrong version? Maybe you accidentally grabbed the […]
Automation Killed QA – It’s Time to Deal With It
Quality assurance (QA) had a good run. From the time it was considered an afterthought by organizations and software vendors alike to the era of massive outsourcing contracts, followed by […]
Don’t Leave Software Testers Out of DevOps
The term DevOps implies that software delivery is all about integrating the development and IT operations teams. But the software testing team is an important, if oft-overlooked, part of the […]
