Behavior-Driven Development: A Comprehensive Intro and Guide
Behavior-driven development (BDD) is several things: a language for defining the behavior of an application; a collaboration tool for engineers, testers, and product managers; and a…
User Acceptance Testing (UAT): What It Is and How to Adopt It
Have you heard of “user acceptance testing?” I’m afraid that for many of you reading this post, the answer will likely be “No.” Unlike other more…
Containerization: A Definition and Best Practices Guide
There are many ways for operations teams to approach hardware management. Some build dedicated hardware for different applications within their stack. Some use virtualization to simplify…
Test Data Management: What This Means and 3 Tools to Use
Being part of the IT leadership in an organization might have its perks, but it also means you have to be familiar with tech jargon. For…
Infrastructure as Code: What Is It, and Why Should My Engineers Care?
For decades, managing a server or two was a full-time job. System administrators would carefully curate their critical systems and ensure the business ran smoothly by…
The Value Stream Digital Transformation Solution
As the VP of Development at a large multinational wireless telecommunication company, Christian deals with a variety of challenges every day. For example, this morning he…
One Company’s Success with Test Environment Management
If you live in the United Kingdom, Ireland or in the eastern United States, there is a good chance that your electricity is provided by Centrica…
10 Key Steps to Master Value Stream Mapping (VSM) for Software Delivery
A few years back, a large mortgage company was struggling. Their mortgage application process was taking an average of more than three weeks to come to…
The Evolution of Test and the Enterprise Data Mart
Software testing has seen significant evolutionary changes that have driven greater efficiency and improved test coverage. However, this has not removed the need for software testing…
Create a Hiccup-Free Continuous Delivery Pipeline for Enterprise Releases — Tips from Gary Gruver
Given the scale and complexity of enterprise applications, trying to improve release cycle time without compromising quality is a constant concern. In tightly-coupled architectures, release pipelines…
The Regression Testing Solution for DevOps
Software testing is an essential part of any software development process to make sure everything works as expected. This concept is nothing new. However, what is…
Expedite the Handoff from Dev to Test: An Interview with Gary Gruver (Part 2)
In the second part of our conversation with Gary Gruver (read part 1 here), we continue to discuss delivery pipeline inefficiencies of enterprise releases. As Gary…