Are you tired of wasting precious time and resources on inefficient software delivery processes? Look no further! In today’s fast-paced digital world, executives need real-time insights to make informed decisions and drive growth. That’s where executive dashboards come in. These powerful tools not only enhance software delivery efficiency but also provide a holistic view of your organization’s performance. Join us as we dive into the world of executive dashboards and discover how they can revolutionize your business, boost ROI, and take your success to new heights. Introduction to Executive Da ..read more

In large organizations, a lack of visibility can lead to costly incidents and inefficiencies in production. This blog delves into the importance of visibility in addressing these issues, drawing from real-life incidents and practical recommendations. The Incident: A Costly Setback Picture an 8,000+ person company conducting a pilot project with Plutora. During this pilot, a production incident occurred, resulting in a rollback of a critical software update. Hundreds of employees were left without access to essential services for several hours, and the communication surrounding the mishap only ..read more

Background – What is your perspective? Delivering software at an enterprise scale requires a team consisting of different roles and responsibilities. Each role has a different perspective which often requires different visibility into how work is progressing. Here are just four software delivery management roles and their unique perspective:  Release Managers – Their perspective is to ensure the specific release is ready to be delivered with quality. “Are all the user stories complete and defects fixed?”  Quality Managers – Their perspective is on testing. “We have this defect fix ..read more

Recently, before moving into our new home, we had a bit of work done for renovations. During this period, rather than drive two hours back and forth to let contractors in every day, I slept in the empty home on my camping mattress. It was ‘good enough’ for a few nights. I couldn’t do that for a long period of time, or my chiropractor costs would be higher than just doing the two hours of daily driving or booking a hotel nearby. The same logic is applicable in enterprise software solutions.  When making software at enterprise scale, you can’t sleep on the floor and expect success ..read more

Background Delivering new software requires contributions from multiple teams delivering changes across multiple applications. As an example, let’s say you are an insurance company and want to add two-factor authentication to your solution. This means changing the iOS mobile app, Android mobile app, website, APIs, database, logging, monitoring, and more. These different applications need to come together for integrated testing with other components to ensure the new feature is functional from an end-to-end point of view. Often teams can be isolated. They understand their application but cannot ..read more

Techies are always on the lookout to improve processes. One such innovation that this mindset led to is DevOps, which resulted in continuous integration and continuous delivery. But it didn’t stop there. In an increasingly digitized world where cyber threats loom large, the incorporation of security into software development became crucial. That’s when DevOps evolved to DevSecOps. DevOps focuses on streamlining collaboration and accelerating software delivery, while DevSecOps goes a step further by integrating security practices throughout the development. In this post, we’ll delve into DevSec ..read more

Digital transformation (DT) explores ways to leverage digital technologies to create new business models or improve existing ones. Enterprises need to continually evaluate ways that they can integrate new technology in order to remain competitive and relevant in the modern business landscape, with common benefits being enhanced customer experience, improved operational efficiency, greater agility and flexibility, competitive advantage, and innovation and growth.  Given the current economic landscape, many companies are facing hardship, with cost-cutting and streamlining initiatives taking ..read more

Download the free trial and take advantage of the free online training to get started right away We are excited to release the newest member of our QuickStart family! Test Environment Management QuickStart brings immediate availability to a free trial which will put you on your way to solving one of the biggest threats to your software delivery success.  Time and again, we find that the number one cause of delays and defects in your software delivery efforts is orchestrating and managing test environments. In fact, 53% of the World Quality Report respondents stated that test environments ..read more

In today’s fast-paced business environment, data is more important than ever. With the rise of big data, organizations are struggling to keep up with the sheer volume of information at their disposal. Traditional analytics methods are no longer sufficient to uncover valuable insights from all this data, which is why augmented analytics is fast becoming a game changer in the industry. In this article, we’ll explore what augmented analytics is and how it can help organizations make better decisions, improve their operations, and stay ahead of the curve in their industry. From identifying pattern ..read more

Incremental and iterative software development models are often used interchangeably when discussing Scrum and agile approaches. Although both methods are part of the development process, they have some key differences. Are you looking for a software development method that addresses both the product specification and the client’s request? Then this article is for you.  In this article, we’ll compare and contrast incremental and iterative software development, look at the key differences between both approaches, and discuss the pros and cons of each method. We’ll also explore some real-wo ..read more