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Is it realistically possible for DevOps teams to reach daily release cycles? This feat may only be possible with automated testing...
Test automation is the wave of the future in quality assurance testing. Done properly, it can alleviate human errors, improve product quality, and drastically speed up the delivery of products.
DevOps is continuously evolving. Ever since the term was coined in 2009, the state of DevOps evolved exponentially year over year. Fast forward in 2019, organizations of every size and shape (enterprises to start-ups) share a great amount of excitement around DevOps. Each organization has its own DevOps story. Some of these stories are yet to begin, some are in their infancy, some are matured, and some have reached their pinnacle. Unlike other stories, there is no end to a DevOps story as it’s about continuous improvement.
As businesses increasingly become digital and software-driven, there is a greater realization about the nature of DevOps journey and possibilities. Not just engineers or technology leaders but also business leaders are interested in the DevOps concepts, practices and applications. There is a wider acceptance of the need for DevOps for achieving business outcomes.
What DevOps is and isn't has gotten a lot of attention in 2019. I recently had the chance to catch up with Christopher Merz at NetApp Insight to get their thoughts on DevOps. Christopher walks through his background and experience to where they see the current state of DevOps.
They used to say about DevOps, "You always want to hire the most intelligent capable and laziest sysadmin you can because they're going to automate themselves out of a job. Once they do that, you move them onto the next one. Hit the bottlenecks right. There you go. That's DevOps."
The 2019 Accelerate State of DevOps report was published last week. This report is produced by DevOps Research and Assessment (DORA) team, which recently joined Google Cloud. They have collected data for over 6 years and surveyed over 31,000 professionals to gain insight into industry practices and associated business outcomes.
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This is such an exciting report for us to read-not just because our product serves DevOps engineers, but because we ourselves are DevOps practitioners and love to see the detailed research and how we compare to our peers. There's a lot to process in this report, but here are some of the things we found most interesting.
Host Andre Pino returns to the DevOps Radio mic to talk to Dr. Nicole Forsgren, CEO and Chief Scientist at DevOps Research and Assessment (DORA), during DevOps World | Jenkins World. Nicole brings strong developer content and amazing energy to the latest episode as she shares key stats from the 2018 Accelerate State of DevOps Report (of which CloudBees was a leading sponsor).
Before diving into the report, Dr. Forsgren describes her career path, from her start as a software engineer and acquiring her PhD, to joining Gene Kim and Jez Humble — both former Jenkins World keynotes and DevOps Radio alumnus — to launch DORA. The trio set out with the goal of sharing knowledge as a way for everyone to get better and to know what's possible when it comes to a DevOps transformation, which they've accomplished with the report, now in its fifth year.