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Article: How to Spread Technical Practices Like TDD in an Organization

InfoQ Culture Methods

One of the success factors for Agile and DevOps is developers changing the way they work and adopting practices like Test-Driven Development (TDD). It’s not something that just happens by itself, and many of the “usual” ways of introducing change fail for TDD.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Fundraising beyond the Bay Area, web3 gaming, TDD prep checklist

TechCrunch

TechCrunch+ roundup: Fundraising beyond the Bay Area, web3 gaming, TDD prep checklist by Walter Thompson originally published on TechCrunch. On Wednesday, he followed up with a detailed checklist for C-level executives and senior managers responsible for helping VCs determine whether their “codebase is safe enough for investment.”.

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8 questions to answer before your startup faces technical due diligence

TechCrunch

Let’s start with the positives: If an investor is proceeding with technical due diligence (TDD), you’ll likely pass. Here’s the not-so-good news: Companies can pass the business test, but fail TDD. Even if TDD is not on the horizon, having good answers to these questions will ensure your codebase is healthy.

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The Economics of TDD

Dzone - DevOps

From a management standpoint, Test-Driven Development (TDD) can be a difficult sell. Tempting as it is to cut testing in order to reach the next milestone in the project, it is a mistake because, as we’ll see, TDD can help us accelerate development and reduce costs over a project’s lifecycle.

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Team Leadership in the Age of Agile

Speaker: Roy Osherove, Technology and Leadership Consultant

To do this, you've learned a wide variety of techniques and methodologies - SCRUM, Kanban, TDD, DevOps, self-organized teams, and much more. As a senior software leader, you spend much of your time trying to optimize your team's performance – from increasing delivery rate and velocity to reducing defect rates and waste.

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Why Testing is No Longer Sufficient for Today’s Software Delivery Pipelines

OverOps

Over a decade ago, when Test-Driven Development (TDD) was introduced, it promised to improve productivity and quality. According to Google Cloud’s DevOps Research & Analysis (DORA) State of DevOps report , change failure rates (i.e. Even for teams that don’t follow it religiously, but treat it more as a north star.

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5 Tips to Structure DevOps Testing Strategy

Dzone - DevOps

The sole purpose of DevOps is to automate and simplify the overall software delivery process. At present, most organizations focus on structuring a booming DevOps testing strategy that initiates the adoption of agile best practices related to Continuous Integration (CI). Identify the Correct DevOps Testing Arrangement.

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