Different roles in an organization think about speed and quality differently. They also define and measure functional and non-functional requirements differently. Discover what this means for the evolution of “quality” in the era of Continuous everything. Visit http://bit.ly/28NGOzP to learn more.

1. CanSpeedandQualityCoexistintheSDLC?
Parasoftconductedasurveyasking780softwaredevelopers
aboutfunctionalandnon-functionalrequirements(NFRs)
There’sagapbetweenbusiness
expectationsandDevTestactivities
TheBusiness DevTestTeam
PoorSoftwareQuality
5KEYTAKEAWAYS
Amajorityoforganizationsareunabletoassesstherealbusinessrisks
associatedwithasoftwarereleasecandidate1
ofteamsdonotmeasure
compliancetoNFRs
NFRs
55%
Reducingtheriskofapplicationfailurerequiresmuchmorethan
functionaltesting2
*Typesofsoftwaredevelopmentmethodologiesemployed
*Typesofsoftwaredevelopmentmethodologiesemployed
Thereisaninversecorrelationbetweenmore‘Agile’methodologies
andthelikelihoodthatteamsmeasureNFRcompliance3
38%ofAgile-ishandAgile
teamsaremonitoringNFRs 58%ofWaterfallteamsVS
Organizationsthatrelytooheavilyondevelopersandtesterstodene
‘quality’willcultivateariftwiththebusiness4
TheBusiness DevTestTeam
TheshifttoDevOpsrequiresorganizationstoclearlydeneandautomatically
measuretheacceptancecriteriaforasoftwarereleasecandidate5
4ACTIONSFORTEAMS
Jointlydene
businessrisksat
project’sonset
UnderstandKPIs
andacceptance
thresholdsforNFRs
Automatically
measureand
monitorNFRs
Reviewand
continuously
improvetheprocess
ofriskmitigation
BetterSoftwareQuality
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