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Report finds the pandemic has accelerated digital transformation, putting new pressures on QA teams. Here's more on that, and other key takeaways.
Malcolm Isaacs
Nov 5, 2020
World Quality Report 2020-21: QA is integral to digital transformation
Go all in on quality
Read the key takeaways from a new report on production defects, along with practical...
Malcolm Isaacs
Dr. James Borderick
Apr 15, 2020
How to slash the high cost of software defects
Agile, DevOps flex
While barriers remain, the move to test automation has already borne results, reducing overall application security risk for one.
Malcolm Isaacs
Oct 31, 2019
World Quality Report 2019-2020: Quality drives business growth
Take the wheel in your org
Don't wait for support. You can and should get started now. Here are four steps to get...
Malcolm Isaacs
Rebecca Wetherill
Oct 17, 2019
SAP HANA migration: 4 steps your team should take now
Get on the road to modernization
Like a Rube Goldberg machine, an effective DevOps pipeline needs to be transparent . As your grade-school teacher said, show your work.
Malcolm Isaacs
Oct 24, 2018
Rube Goldberg's DevOps legacy: Make your work visible
You can't fix what you can't see
This year's World Quality Report shows end-user satisfaction is now at the top of testing-strategy goals.
Malcolm Isaacs
Sep 17, 2018
World Quality Report 2018-19: Key trends shaping QA today
Customer satisfaction comes first
Want to scale your DevOps toolchain? Let your team use what they want, but maintain visibility and collaboration among them.
Malcolm Isaacs
Aug 14, 2018
How a connected DevOps toolchain can help you scale
Link up your tools, teams
Many magnifying glasses
When predictive analytics met software development: Malcolm Isaacs explains the value of predictive delivery.
Malcolm Isaacs
Jun 7, 2017
Predictive delivery: How to apply analytics to software development
Analyze this
Typing code on a keyboard
Trunk development, containerization and the Scaled Agile Framework are most critical for DevOps success, a study reveals.
Malcolm Isaacs
Apr 3, 2017
3 elusive development practices for successful DevOps
Missing links
Explosion
How does your team respond to and recover from a site outage? With ChatOps, you can make the fix before your customers notice.
Malcolm Isaacs
Feb 9, 2017
How ChatOps can help you avoid a DevOps disaster
The fix is in
Making a purchase on an iPad
Performance double-whammy: How to deal with traffic spikes from Black Friday and Election Day
Malcolm Isaacs
Nov 3, 2016
Performance killers: How to prep for Election Day and Black Friday
A perfect storm?
Learn how your org can benefit from social software testing approaches—ones that draw on mob programming, XP, and a simple awareness of the daily...
Malcolm Isaacs
Aug 23, 2016
Pairs, mobs, and coffee breaks: How social software testing can benefit your org
Mob mentality
Its not the relationship between Dev and Ops staff that's the key blocker to DevOps efforts, but silos separating app dev teams. Here's how to tear...
Malcolm Isaacs
Aug 1, 2016
App dev silos are DevOps killers: Start by tearing them down
Feeling walled in?
Do we need formal regulation in the software industry? Can we trust those who code, operate, and maintain our systems? HPE Executive VP Robert...
Malcolm Isaacs
Jun 29, 2016
Should software engineers be certified?
Trust, but verify
Here's what data scientists do, how they work, how to collaborate with them, and how software developers can build up their own data science skills.
Malcolm Isaacs
Apr 11, 2016
A software engineer's guide to data science
Data science cheat sheet
SAFe 4.0 introduces a new Value Stream level and several new roles, including, solution management, solution architect/engineering, and value...
Malcolm Isaacs
Mar 24, 2016
What's new in SAFe 4.0? The value stream level and new roles
Reaching a new level
Bob Martin (Uncle Bob) was one of 17 signers of the Agile Manifesto in 2001. Here he describes the meeting at Snowbird and the legacy of the...
Malcolm Isaacs
Mar 9, 2016
Uncle Bob Martin: The Agile Manifesto, 15 years later
Exclusive
Predictive delivery is the application of predictive analytics to help you increase productivity throughout the application development lifecycle.
Malcolm Isaacs
Feb 1, 2016
Predictive delivery: How to apply analytics to software dev
Great expectations
DevOps automation can seem complex, with testing, infrastructure and deployment to automate. Here's where to start with DevOps automation and how...
Malcolm Isaacs
Jan 28, 2016
4 simple steps to prioritizing your DevOps automation
What next?
Hackathon shows that big data analytics can bring cultural memories to life, while also showing that younger generations are passionate about their heritage.
When historical records at the Yad Vashem Museum created a big data problem, hackathon participants offered up answers.
Malcolm Isaacs
Jan 27, 2016
Big data hackathon preserves Holocaust memories
Hacking for history
These 10 data scientists are using big data and predictive analytics to upend business models. Here's who you should be following?and why.
Malcolm Isaacs
Dec 4, 2015
10 influential data scientists and why you should follow them on Twitter
Predictive development
A summary of a panel discussion on the dos and don'ts of large-scale deployments.
In a recent panel hosted by Electric Cloud, the experts came together to discuss best practices for large-scale deployments. Here's what they had...
Malcolm Isaacs
Sep 29, 2015
The dos and don'ts of large-scale deployments
Go big or go home
The #NoEstimates debate began as an innocent blog post questioning the need for estimates in software development. Here's how it became a movement.
Malcolm Isaacs
Sep 23, 2015
The #NoEstimates debate: An unbiased look at the origins, arguments, and thought leaders behind the movement
Time for transparency
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