The Tester’s Role in a DevOps World
A DevOps approach to software development provides value to the business with incremental and frequent releases of new functionality to meet the demands of its customers and users. In this new world, the level of software quality directly impacts a company’s success or failure. If software quality is key to success, why do testers often feel ignored during the development process only to be blamed for defects escaping into production? Marianne Hollier explains how the tester’s role, now more important than ever, fits into a DevOps approach to software development. Understand the organizational challenges test professionals face and leave with insight on how to break down cultural barriers. Gain knowledge on innovative techniques and tools to shift testing left and begin testing earlier. Learn to be a change advocate to resolve today’s testing challenges making continuous testing a reality for your delivery team and enabling them to deliver business value—continuously.
Marianne Hollier is an IBM and Open Group Master Certified IT specialist in application development. She has strong, practical expertise in measurably improving the software development lifecycle and driving the necessary cultural changes to make it work. Marianne is instrumental in architecting, tailoring, and deploying the IBM DevOps best practices as well as appropriate software development tools on many types of projects—from large to small, long to fast-track, agile to traditional. Marianne is passionate about all things testing—process, tools, culture, and automation. Her experience is broad-based, spanning both custom projects and standard software packages that apply to pharmaceutical, refining, telecommunications, healthcare, financial, automotive, government, and retail industries.