QA Environments: Why Do You Need So Many?
Test environment managers are often asked to audit everything. If there is a question about budgets they need to quickly identify opportunities to reallocate infrastructure and…
Test Environment Management Best Practices
This post highlights the importance of an efficient and reliable test environment management process in supporting application releases/project delivery. We begin with the introduction of test environments…
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…
What is Value Stream Mapping (VSM), Benefits, Process and Value
To understand value stream mapping, we need to first understand what a “value stream” is. Simply put, a value stream is a series of steps that…
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…