Tag: Quality Assurance
DataStax Announces DataStax Distribution of Apache Cassandra
Continues Commitment and Engagement with Open Source Community with Industry-Leading Code Contributions, Coaching and Conference SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DataStax, the leading provider of the always-on, Active Everywhere distributed hybrid cloud database built ...
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, so feel ...
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 and become ...
From ‘Water-Scrum-Fall’ to DevSecOps
As organizations abandon the waterfall method of software development for Agile, many are stuck in what Hasan Yasar terms Water-Scrum-Fall. That is, the organization has not effectively embraced Agile and DevOps principles and remains ...
DevOps Assessment: Assess, Analyze, Implement, Achieve!
DevOps has taken hold in IT. A growing number of organizations are adopting DevOps to deliver applications and services at higher speed; evolve and improve products at a faster pace than in ...
How Much QA is Enough in Software Development?
People working in quality assurance as testers, managers or engineers know what it’s like having to justify their existence; it’s been part of the job for many years. QA experts have had ...
Getting the Most Out of QA in Complex Environments
We live in a world in which software is increasingly dominant. Not only do we rely ever more on software, but its complexity is becoming even greater. And with increased complexity, bugs ...
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 significant vendor ...
DevOps Chat: Steve Hazel, Sauce Labs
I recently had the chance to sit down and speak with Steve Hazel, CTO and co-founder of Sauce Labs. With so much being written and talked about the role of quality assurance ...
How to Fail at Test Automation
Let me start by admitting that I am not a test automation expert. I have done some work with test automation and have supervised teams who practiced it, but when it comes ...
How DevOps is Killing QA
If you work in software quality assurance (QA), it’s time to find a new job. The overall software development process has always consisted of the following core activities: Creating a requirements analysis; ...
Trust, You Must: 8 Tips for Adopting CI/CD
We have done continuous deployment (CD) for four years, and enable many of our customers to do continuous deployment with quality assurance (QA). We’ve helped tons of companies adopt and optimize their ...