Feature Flags - The Good, The Bad, and How to Prevent The Ugly
More and more companies are using feature flags to get all types of changes – new features, configuration changes, bug fixes, and experiments – into production in a safer, faster, and most importantly, a sustainable way. Software companies that shift to deploying with feature flags benefit from low risk releases, faster time to market, higher quality, and in general happier teams. Sounds great, right? But what happens when your system isn’t implemented correctly, or worse, tested properly? This session will take attendees on a journey of why teams use Progressive Delivery, and the path from basic to advanced feature flag usage. Key session takeaways include:
- Make sure you build the right product, and build the product right!
- How to decide what testing strategies should be implemented (how to setup your unit test, end to end automation, etc.)
- What tactics are most effective for keeping your implementation healthy and effective (feature flag governance!)
Jeff Sing is a Quality Leader who has been in the testing industry for over 15 years. During this time, he has built automation frameworks, test strategies, and executed quality initiatives for fields such as medical devices, infrastructure security, web identification, marketing tech, and experimentation and progressive delivery. Jeff is currently the Senior Engineering Manager at Iterable where he is leading the Quality Engineering organization that orchestrates Iterable’s quality control plan. He utilizes a combination of automated testing, implementing QA procedures, and acts as Iterable’s customer experience champion to ensure Iterable remains the world's leading customer engagement platform. He also has built and leads Iterable’s Engineering Operations Team which runs the services and programs to systematically improve effectiveness and productivity across the engineering organization as it scales.