16、Achieving DevOps: Shifting Left for Quality Improvement

Achieving DevOps: Shifting Left for Quality Improvement

1. Identifying the Problems

In the face of various quality - related challenges, the team gathered to discuss the issues. The main pain points included:
- Long feedback loops : Delays in getting feedback made it difficult to address problems promptly.
- QA lagging behind dev : The QA process was not keeping up with the development pace, causing a bottleneck in the release cycle.
- Creaky acceptance test layer : The acceptance testing was costly, unreliable, and often lagged behind, leading to a lack of confidence in releases.
- Flaky tests : Many tests were inconsistent, either running green most of the time due