This document discusses the role of quality assurance (QA) in continuous delivery. It begins with an introduction of the author and then covers topics like fast-paced environments, QA as part of an organization, continuous delivery, and test automation. The main points are that QA needs to be integrated into cross-functional teams to support continuous delivery, with a focus on automating testing to validate software updates and allow for frequent deployments in a production environment. Continuous delivery aims to keep software always in a releasable state through practices like continuous integration.

1. ROLE OF QA
IN CONTINUOUS DELIVERY
L U K A S F R Y C | T E S T C R U N C H | 3 . 1 1 . 2 0 1 7

2. Lukáš Fryč
• Lead Frontend Engineer
• 10 years experience in frontend engineering
(15+ with programming)
• Testing Geek
• 8 Software Patents
(3 in space of Software Quality)
• Core Contributor to Arquillian testing platform à
(Duke’s award for most innovative Java project)
• Mentoring / Coaching my teammates

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
FAST-PACED ENVIRONMENT
QA AS PART OF ORGANIZATION
CONTINUOUS DELIVERY
TEST AUTOMATION
R O L E O F Q A I N C O N T I N U O U S D E V E L O P M E N T

4. SaaS
= S O F T W A R E A S A S E R V I C E

5. Software as a Service
TRACK ANALYZE ENGAGE
+41% +25% +10% +14%

6. Software Complexity
TRACK ANALYZE ENGAGE
+41% +25% +10% +14%

8. ORGANIZATION
Q A A S P A R T O F

9. Manager
PM
Developer
UX
QA
Operations

10. Manager
PM
Developer
UX
QA
Operations

11. Manager
PM
Developer
UX
QA
Operations
Agile Transformation

12. Manager
PM
Developer
UX
QA
Operations
Continuous Delivery

13. Melvin Conway
„Organizations which design systems ... are
constrained to produce designs which are copies of
the communication structures of these organizations.“
CONWAY’S LAW

14. DANGERS OF SILOS

15. Horizontal Team Split
Frontend Backend A.I.OpsQA

16. Cross-Functional Teams
NEW PREDICTION SYSTEM
FRONTEND PERFORMANCE
Frontend Backend A.I.OpsQA
IMPROVE CAMPAIGN THROUGHPUTIMPROVE…

17. CONTINUOUS
DELIVERY

18. The time between the initiation and
completion of the production process
LEAD TIME
CONTINUOUS DELIVERY METRICS
The total elapsed time to move a unit work from the beginning
to the end of a physical process.
CYCLE TIME

19. Wiliam Gibson
„The future is already here — it's just not very evenly
distributed.“
ABOUT THE FUTURE

20. INNOVATION

21. CONTINUOUS *
Deploy as the final stage of
continuous integration
CONTINUOUS
DEPLOYMENT
Integrate early and often
Everyone checks into master at
least once a day
CONTINUOUS
INTEGRATION
Software is always in a deployable
state.
CONTINUOUS
DELIVERY

22. CONTINUOUS DELIVERY
Analysis + Design
Development
Testing + Showcase
Integration + QA Release + Operations
The “last mile”
Always in a releasable state

23. PLANNING = FEATURE BREAKDOWN
1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3
< 1DAY
DELIVERY

24. TEST AUTOMATION

26. A BIT OF THEORY…

29. AUTOMATE TO FREE HANDS
FOR QUALITY

30. MEET
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...THAT‘S IT
FAST-PACED ENVIRONMENT
QA AS PART OF ORGANIZATION
CONTINUOUS DELIVERY
TEST AUTOMATION
R O L E O F Q A I N C O N T I N U O U S D E L I V E R Y

31. MEET
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