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The Journey to Devops: From Waterfall to Continuous Integration

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The document discusses the journey from traditional waterfall development processes to continuous delivery using DevOps principles. It describes how the software delivery chain is evolving to emphasize automation, faster releases, and shifting testing left into the development process. QA's role also evolves from separate and manual testing to becoming more technical and integrating testing automation into the continuous integration and delivery pipelines. The presentation provides strategies for organizations adopting these changes and shares examples from companies that have made the transition.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2016 THE JOURNEY TO DEVOPS : FROM WATERFALL TO CONTINUOUS INTEGRATION C H R I S R I L E Y , D E V O P S A N A L Y S T
AGENDA SEPTEMBER 21, 2016 © Sauce Labs, Inc. • How is the software delivery chain evolving? • What is the DevOps Journey? • Where does QA fit? • Getting Started • True Tales • Resources and Q&A 2
SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 © Sauce Labs, Inc. 3
HOW IS THE DELIVERY CHAIN EVOLVING? SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 • Modern application architectures • Faster and more responsive • Automation and Data Driven • Fewer chunks • “Shift Left” • You never reach the finish line © Sauce Labs, Inc. 4
DEVOPS IS A JOURNEY
SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 © Sauce Labs, Inc. 6 Continuous Delivery Fully automated Development process Automated testing core to Dev. & Delivery Dev. and QA functions merge Continuous Integration Full adoption of Agile Automated testing dominates; manual only for debugging Dev. and QA collaborate closely Fast Waterfall Initial adoption of Agile Automated testing begins Dev. & QA start communicate Waterfall Traditional sequential design model Manual testing dominates Dev. & QA completely separate Process People Tools
COMPONENTS OF DEVOPS SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 • More frequent and faster releases • Automation, Autonomy, Bots • “Shift Left” • Emphasis on Pipeline efficiency • Modern Processes: CI / CD / CD – and on • Experimentation - Fail Fast © Sauce Labs, Inc. 7
HOW DOES QA FIT SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 • QA becomes a strategy not a task • QA function will be more technical • Own test automation and CI • Maintain and setup automation • Gather and report on pipeline efficiency • Steward quality across the entire team © Sauce Labs, Inc. 8 L E V E R A G E Y O U R H O L I S T I C P O I N T O F V I E W
STRATEGIES SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 • Show the data • Don’t fight it – lead it • Show the power of automated testing • Help Developers and Ops help themselves © Sauce Labs, Inc. 9
TRUE TALES SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 • Acorns – a unicorn • Airbnb – agile to DevOps • The GSA – unlikely but massive transformation • TASC – focus on pipeline and quality • Media – focus on autonomy and visibility © Sauce Labs, Inc. 10
QUESTIONS?
RESOURCES SEPTEMBER 21, 2016 • Whitepaper – The DevOps Journey: From Waterfall to Continuous Delivery • http://tinyurl.com/hterarf • Free 14 day Sauce Labs Trial • https://saucelabs.com/signup/trial • Sauce Labs • https://saucelabs.com/ © Sauce Labs, Inc. 12

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The Journey to Devops: From Waterfall to Continuous Integration

  • 1. SEPTEMBER 21, 2016 THE JOURNEY TO DEVOPS : FROM WATERFALL TO CONTINUOUS INTEGRATION C H R I S R I L E Y , D E V O P S A N A L Y S T
  • 2. AGENDA SEPTEMBER 21, 2016 © Sauce Labs, Inc. • How is the software delivery chain evolving? • What is the DevOps Journey? • Where does QA fit? • Getting Started • True Tales • Resources and Q&A 2
  • 3. SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 © Sauce Labs, Inc. 3
  • 4. HOW IS THE DELIVERY CHAIN EVOLVING? SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 • Modern application architectures • Faster and more responsive • Automation and Data Driven • Fewer chunks • “Shift Left” • You never reach the finish line © Sauce Labs, Inc. 4
  • 5. DEVOPS IS A JOURNEY
  • 6. SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 © Sauce Labs, Inc. 6 Continuous Delivery Fully automated Development process Automated testing core to Dev. & Delivery Dev. and QA functions merge Continuous Integration Full adoption of Agile Automated testing dominates; manual only for debugging Dev. and QA collaborate closely Fast Waterfall Initial adoption of Agile Automated testing begins Dev. & QA start communicate Waterfall Traditional sequential design model Manual testing dominates Dev. & QA completely separate Process People Tools
  • 7. COMPONENTS OF DEVOPS SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 • More frequent and faster releases • Automation, Autonomy, Bots • “Shift Left” • Emphasis on Pipeline efficiency • Modern Processes: CI / CD / CD – and on • Experimentation - Fail Fast © Sauce Labs, Inc. 7
  • 8. HOW DOES QA FIT SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 • QA becomes a strategy not a task • QA function will be more technical • Own test automation and CI • Maintain and setup automation • Gather and report on pipeline efficiency • Steward quality across the entire team © Sauce Labs, Inc. 8 L E V E R A G E Y O U R H O L I S T I C P O I N T O F V I E W
  • 9. STRATEGIES SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 • Show the data • Don’t fight it – lead it • Show the power of automated testing • Help Developers and Ops help themselves © Sauce Labs, Inc. 9
  • 10. TRUE TALES SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 • Acorns – a unicorn • Airbnb – agile to DevOps • The GSA – unlikely but massive transformation • TASC – focus on pipeline and quality • Media – focus on autonomy and visibility © Sauce Labs, Inc. 10
  • 12. RESOURCES SEPTEMBER 21, 2016 • Whitepaper – The DevOps Journey: From Waterfall to Continuous Delivery • http://tinyurl.com/hterarf • Free 14 day Sauce Labs Trial • https://saucelabs.com/signup/trial • Sauce Labs • https://saucelabs.com/ © Sauce Labs, Inc. 12