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Agile, Stand-ups, TDD and Code Reviews

The Programmer's Paradox

We see the same kinda thing with unit testing. Clearly, the best way to test any software is with fully automated ‘systemtesting that is thorough enough that it can be used for full regression testing. So, unit tests are great for ensuring that a few components amongst the whole set, have good quality.

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How to create an effective business continuity plan

CIO

There’s no better test of your capability to do so than right after an adverse event. This step essentially determines what you are trying to protect and what you are trying to keep up for systems,” says Todd Renner, senior managing director in the cybersecurity practice at FTI Consulting.

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7 ways to ensure the success of product-centric reliability

CIO

Going through this exercise with teams created a more in-depth understanding, which led to more success. Ensure chaos testing: Implementing chaos testing and game-day simulation helped us spot and fix observability problems and correct logging practices that were creating noise to mask true alerts.

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AoAD2 Practice: Test-Driven Development

James Shore

To share your thoughts, join the AoAD2 open review mailing list. Test-Driven Development. It’s test-driven development, and it actually delivers these results. Test-driven development, , or TDD, is a rapid cycle of testing, coding, and refactoring. TDD isn’t perfect, of course. Why TDD Works.

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Guarding the gates: a look at critical infrastructure security in 2023

CIO

This analysis isn’t just a statistical exercise but a crucial necessity in our interconnected world, where the security of our digital infrastructure is intertwined with our physical safety and economic stability. As technology advances, so too does the sophistication of threats to these essential systems.

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Generative AI: the Shortcut to Digital Modernisation

CIO

Research from IBM found that 93 percent of companies still use mainframes for financial management, 73 percent for customer transaction systems, and more than 70 percent of Fortune 500 companies run business-critical applications on mainframes.

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Software Testing in Agile PDP and Best Practices

Dzone - DevOps

Software Testing in Agile Product Development Process (PDP) is an integral part of the development cycle. Therefore, Agile PDP emphasizes the importance of testing throughout the development process to ensure that the software product meets the requirements and expectations of users and stakeholders.