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From Milestones to a Continuous Quality Assurance Flow

By Peter Fassbinder

Introducing the Continuous Conformance Concept

This paper discusses how industrial enterprises can overcome the challenges of implementing continuous delivery and DevOps practices while maintaining high quality standards. The author, Dr. Peter Fassbinder, introduces the concept of continuous conformance, which applies the “green to green” and “shift left” paradigms to non-software artifacts required for releasing and deploying software changes.

Overall, this paper offers valuable insights and guidance for industrial enterprises looking to adopt continuous delivery and DevOps practices while ensuring high quality standards.

  • Format PDF
  • Pages 12
  • Publication Date May 2022

Features

  • Continuous Conformance

    Introduces a new approach to manage non-software artifacts in a continuous delivery environment.

  • Quality Assurance

    Enables more frequent product enhancements without compromising high quality standards.

  • Implementation Guidance

    Provides key recommendations and steps for implementing the continuous quality assurance flow.

  • Competitive Advantage

    Helps industrial enterprises stay competitive in an increasingly digital world.

About the Resource

This paper discusses how industrial enterprises can overcome the challenges of implementing continuous delivery and DevOps practices while maintaining high quality standards. The author, Dr. Peter Fassbinder, introduces the concept of continuous conformance, which applies the “green to green” and “shift left” paradigms to non-software artifacts required for releasing and deploying software changes.

The continuous conformance concept involves analyzing the impact of code changes on non-software artifacts and updating affected artifacts to maintain a valid baseline. By integrating this approach with a continuous delivery pipeline, a continuous quality assurance flow is created, enabling more frequent product enhancements without compromising quality.

The paper outlines four types of non-software artifacts and their management within the continuous conformance stream. It also discusses the importance of establishing continuous program and continuous marketing streams to address aspects not directly tied to individual software deployments.

The author provides key recommendations for implementing the continuous quality assurance flow, including integrating the management and tracking of non-software artifacts into the continuous delivery pipeline and creating real-time dashboards for monitoring the status of all aspects required for deployment decisions.

Overall, this paper offers valuable insights and guidance for industrial enterprises looking to adopt continuous delivery and DevOps practices while ensuring high quality standards.

Peter Fassbinder
Peter Fassbinder

Peter Fassbinder

Dr. Peter Fassbinder is Principal Expert for PLM Process Innovation with over fifteen years of hands-on experience in Lean/Agile and more than five years implementing continuous delivery and DevOps in industrial enterprises. Peter is passionate about driving innovation of PLM processes, organizations, and ecosystems to new levels, and frequently shares his ideas and experiences as a speaker at international events.

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