Best Practice Report

Experimentation Will Change How You Develop Software

AD&D Pros Improve Release Cadence And Quality When Experimenting In Production

September 14th, 2021
Christopher Condo, Principal Analyst
Christopher Condo Principal Analyst
With contributors:
Chris Gardner , Charles Betz , Andrew Dobak , Kara Hartig

Summary

Many organizations struggle to get their software over the finish line. In fact, our research shows that even though application development and delivery (AD&D) teams have invested heavily in automation such as continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD), their release cadence has improved little. It may seem like a paradox, but leading companies experiment in production to improve release cadence in a very controlled manner. Read this report to understand how experimentation can improve the fit and finish of software with lower risk and faster cadence.

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