Articles about Agile

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A lot goes on behind the scenes to successfully release software. Competitive pressures and technological advancements are ever-growing in our day and age. Therefore, release management exists to help organizations with software release complexities.

In an ideal situation, your development team is productive and delivers a great app with minimal downtime. Does this sound too good to be true? That usually means it is.

Every other type of environment has been mentioned so far, except for training environments. Yet they are essential for learning about the software you’re working on and coming up with solutions to bugs or other issues.

While in the past, when browsing the internet, it was common to be met with messages like “We apologize for any inconvenience. Our website is now down for maintenance,” today, thanks to the modern practice of Continuous Delivery (CD), we can keep our servers online as we patch and update our products.

If we think about the evolution of software development, we’ll distinguish 2 turning points: the introduction of the waterfall methodology and the shift towards the agile methodology.

Coined by Patrick Debois back in 2007, the term ‘DevOps’ refers to bringing Development and Operations together, thus extending Agile development as a philosophy to enhance the software delivery process as a whole.

When we think about a good developer team, we think about hiring the most skilled and experienced individuals. But is that enough to deliver high-velocity work? 

Today, delivering high-performing applicationsfastandefficientlyis a common challenge for development teams. That’s because continuously improving software products is crucial for meeting customer demands.

This article discusses the DevOps skills gap, what it is and how to close it with Environment as a Service, and other things you can do to reduce the skills gap. Finally, we end by mentioning how Bunnyshell can help along the process