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According to Statista, in 2018, 72% of companies have implemented DevOps. First introduced in 2009, this set of practices is now gaining momentum rapidly, forcing business to change the way they develop software.
In a nutshell, DevOps practices have two core goals:
- To shorten the development lifecycle;
- To ensure continuous delivery, not compromising on products’ quality.
In terms of business, DevOps offers plenty of benefits. Most importantly, this DevOps model helps companies integrate a clear and efficient segmentation of roles based on the concepts of CI (Continuous Integration) & CD (Continuous Delivery). Meaning it embeds the right specialist in the process just at the right time; builds on the culture of collaboration between teams with a goal to release products faster and more efficiently.
One way DevOps is ensuring shorter time to market is by steady automation of repeatable processes that otherwise may drain too many resources and time. Thus, we can say that automation is an integral element of DevOps.
Now, getting back to our topic, it is important to stress the importance of QA in such a highly-automated environment. Aiming to reduce costs, time, and effort, teams often make the same mistake by focusing too much on the efficiency of the workflow, but not too much on the end quality of the product.
Instead, teams should keep in mind that despite all the pros of quality assurance automation, human engineers are still crucial for the process. Though often undervalued, QA manual software testing services still plays a big role in DevOps and, in this article, we will explain why.
