Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery: The twin solutions to a path towards competitive advantage

Businesses today have zero tolerance for defects in production. At the same time, they also have a stated expectation from the quality assurance (QA) organization to reduce cost AND deliver superior end customer experience. How, you may ask, is QA meant to deliver to these seemingly conflicting demands?

The answer lies in the twin concepts of continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD).

While CI and CD are not new terms in the QA space, the trick to leveraging them for competitive advantage is what we would like to share with you. With real life experiences from Comcast and a practitioners approach from TCS, our presentation will provide you insights on:

· Business drivers for CI /CD adoption
· Role of assurance and testing professionals in the CI/CD era
· CI/CD Testing framework
· Re-skilling, change in the mindset, evolution of assurance function
· Best practices for successful and sustainable CI/CD approach