So, you’ve decided to implement a Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) and promote a continuous delivery pipeline by implementing “Agile Release Trains” (ART)*. Definition An Agile Release Train is several teams (a portfolio) responsible for the regular release of features and business benefits. All the teams share a common set of goals, a program backlog, and […]
If you’re like a lot of developers, you might not think much about software security. Sure, you hash your users’ passwords before they’re stored in your database. You don’t return sensitive information in error messages. Each time you log something, you make sure it removes sensitive data. But beyond that, you don’t spend much time […]
If you work in an organization that uses the scaled agile framework (SAFe), chances are it’s not a small company. It’s enterprise-y. It’s probably gone through some growing pains, which is a good problem to have in the business sense. The good news is that the spirit of agile is alive within the organization, but […]
The importance of test data management (TDM) is ever-increasing if you want to avoid data compliance risks and subsequent fines. The combination of enormous fines, such as the one British Airways faced after their data breach, and the overall growing number of data breaches indicates that we need proper data protection mechanisms. In this article, […]