The Agile way: A complete guide to understanding Agile testing methodologies
The testing world has undergone a significant Agile transformation over the last decade. According to VersionOne’s (now Digital.ai) 14th annual State of Agile survey, 95% of respondents report their organizations practice Agile development, and over half of respondents say that 50% or more of their organization’s teams are Agile. But transformation is still in flight: In this year’s survey, most respondents (72%) said not all of their company’s teams have adopted Agile practices. Eighty-four percent said their organizations lacked a high level of competency with Agile practices.
In addition to Agile, most organizations report that they now have a DevOps initiative either planned or underway. Continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD), paired with increasing test automation, can transform engineering cultures and shorten cycle times, but many organizations struggle to understand where to start their transformations, or how to scale them across teams. Testing is also often the last priority in transformations, but to be successful, testers