Triage is a medical term used to assign degrees of urgency to wounds or illnesses, in order to decide on the order (priority) of treatment across a large number of patients. Defect triage (or bug triage) is a term used in modern software development and is the practice of reviewing,… continue reading →
Application performance management (APM) is the practice of monitoring and managing the performance, availability, and capability of modern software applications. APM doesn’t have an explicit, dictionary definition, but is rather an industry-created term that encompasses nearly everything to do with monitoring and managing code, application performance, transaction times, and end… continue reading →
DevOps has emerged in recent years as a direct attempt to counteract the typical problem of slow software releases. Every day that passes between the inception of a great software idea and its eventual release into the wild is another day in which that idea loses relevance and value to… continue reading →
DevOps is the practice of combining the philosophies and tools of software development (Dev) and software operation (Ops). For better or worse, DevOps encompasses every aspect of a software system, including actual source code, infrastructure, configuration, data, testing, deployment, staging, production, and so forth. Thus, finding and implementing the most… continue reading →
Preventing software bugs can be a tricky business. Bugs can occur as a result of all sorts of problems, from improper testing or messy code to lack of communication or inadequate specifications documents. In this article we’ll explore the three main categories of software bug, along with the various causes… continue reading →
Managing software teams can be difficult, even for the most disciplined and well-established organizations. Every aspect of the software development process must be carefully considered and balanced, allowing multiple teams to equally and efficiently produce software that customers will truly love. Managing these teams requires an understanding of the details… continue reading →
Deployment isn’t usually the sexiest stage of application development, but performing it properly and efficiently is one of the most important factors in producing stable, successful software. To simplify this process, numerous deployment tools have recently emerged that can handle everything from automatically building and testing code to instantly deploying… continue reading →
Many organizations are looking at ways to scale Agile implementations, but doing so can be a particularly challenging for businesses not well-versed in Agile practices. Properly scaling more traditional Agile frameworks can be difficult for organizations with excessive personnel or an abundance of individual teams working on one or more… continue reading →
DevOps is the practice of combining the philosophies and tools of software development (Dev) and software operation (Ops). The term was first introduced during the 2008 Agile Toronto conference by developers and technologists Patrick Debois and Andrew Shafer. Yet, as with many relatively new technological terms thrown around the industry,… continue reading →
Dozens of development methodologies have popped up over the relatively few decades in which modern software development has taken place. Each method provides its own benefits and challenges throughout the software development life cycle, but it can be particularly difficult to determine how your software methodology affects production behavior of… continue reading →
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