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What Quality Metrics Matter Most for DevOps?
The way we develop and deliver software has changed dramatically in the past five years—but the metrics we use to measure quality remain largely the same. Despite seismic shifts in business expectations, development methodologies, system architectures and team structures, most organizations still rely on quality metrics that were designed for a much different era. Every […]
Jul 12, 2019 · 3 minAll articles by Cynthia Dunlop
Showing 1–5CXOs Overestimating DevOps and Continuous Testing Maturity
More work is needed to achieve continuous testing, Forrester report shows Forrester recently completed an interesting new research project exploring what separates DevOps leaders from DevOps laggards. After analyzing data collected from 603 global enterprise respondents responsible for their firms’ DevOps strategies, Forrester learned that firms with the most mature DevOps practices do several key […]
Continuous Testing in the ‘2018 Accelerate State of DevOps’ Report
Here’s a peek into what continuous testing means to DevOps today The “2018 Accelerate State of DevOps” report is the brainchild of Dr. Nicole Forsgren, Gene Kim and Jez Humble at DORA (DevOps Research and Assessment). Based on five years of research, with more than 30,000 data points from thousands of companies, the project aims […]
Continuous Testing Insights from 2018 DevTest Research
The year is far from over, but there already several interesting DevTest surveys worth your attention. These studies don’t just quantify the obvious; they actually report some unexpected findings regarding how far and how fast we’re advancing, and offer some very specific advice on what’s needed to improve. We strongly recommend that you spend some […]
A Crash Course in Continuous Testing
What better way to start a blog on continuous testing than with this “I Love Lucy” clip, and then an analogy: https://youtu.be/8NPzLBSBzPI Like Lucy and Ethel, many software testers have been scrambling to keep pace with accelerated processes—then along comes the supervisor saying, “You’re doing splendidly … Speed it up!” This ever-increasing pace is just one […]