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Testing Practitioner Handbook

By : Renu Rajani
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Testing Practitioner Handbook

By: Renu Rajani

Overview of this book

The book is based on the author`s experience in leading and transforming large test engagements and architecting solutions for customer testing requirements/bids/problem areas. It targets the testing practitioner population and provides them with a single go-to place to find perspectives, practices, trends, tools, and solutions to test applications as they face the evolving digital world. This book is divided into five parts where each part explores different aspects of testing in the real world. The first module explains the various testing engagement models. You will then learn how to efficiently test code in different life cycles. The book discusses the different aspects of Quality Analysis consideration while testing social media, mobile, analytics, and the Cloud. In the last module, you will learn about futuristic technologies to test software. By the end of the book, you will understand the latest business and IT trends in digital transformation and learn the best practices to adopt for business assurance.
Table of Contents (56 chapters)
Testing Practitioner Handbook
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgement
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface
Index

Chapter 8. Agile and DevOps Adoption are Gaining Momentum

In the previous chapter, we discussed testing in agile development and the state of agile adoption. In this chapter, we will discuss key trends relating to the increased adoption of agile development:

  • Increased use of agile/DevOps principles

  • Increased complexity of testing in agile engagements

  • Challenges in setting up agile Testing Center of Excellence (TCOE)

  • Readiness of the QA discipline to meet the demands of agile/DevOps engagements

  • Difference in testing DevOps with regard to traditional engagements

Increased adoption of agile methodologies and DevOps is helping businesses roll out new products and services at greater speed.

Findings from WQR 2016 indicate increased maturity with better appreciation of the true purpose and application of DevOps. 42 % of the respondents reported an uptick in continuous monitoring with predictive analysis along with an increased use of cloud-based environments.

Colocation and the lack of the required skill...