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World Congress 2021 • Jul 1, 2021

What Developers Get Wrong About Application Quality

Chris Riley

Think application quality slows down feature delivery? Treating reliability as a first-class feature actually minimizes technical debt and accelerates your development cycle.

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#1 about 4 min

Adopting a proactive mindset for end-to-end application quality

Embracing application quality early prevents end-to-end delivery issues and excessive toil.

#2 about 3 min

Debunking common myths about application quality and engineering

Moving from quality assurance to quality engineering ensures better automation and delivery strategy.

#3 about 10 min

Reframing application quality as a core development feature

Focusing on early quality checks reduces unplanned work and accelerates feature delivery.

#4 about 8 min

Exploring testing strategies and preventing operational configuration drift

Utilizing various testing methods and containerization mitigates risks like leaked secrets and operational drift.

#5 about 7 min

Implementing modern monitoring and observability in continuous development

Developers must instrument their code using modern observability tools to capture accurate traces and spans.

#6 about 4 min

Aligning engineering processes with core business impact metrics

Tracking metrics like deployment frequency and lead time justifies tooling budgets and improves team velocity.

#7 about 4 min

Leveraging feature flags for safe production release automation

Structuring feature flags effectively changes the bug paradigm and directly ties code to production quality.

#8 about 4 min

Scaling shift left practices within large engineering organizations

Embedded site reliability engineers act as guides to help developers manage service maturity and technical debt.

#9 about 3 min

Defining service level objectives with core application metrics

Creating customized service level indicators through exploratory testing ensures contracts between services remain successful.

#10 about 5 min

Managing open source contributions and private artifact repositories

Vetting continuous integration pipelines and private image repositories prevents catastrophic operational drift from public packages.

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Transforming software quality from assurance to enablement

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Introduction to software quality assurance in enterprise applications

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Steve Upton Steve Upton · World Congress 2024

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Cultivating a shared team mindset for software quality

Lilia Gargouri Lilia Gargouri · World Congress 2026 Europe

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Improving communication while defending foundational code quality

Hendrik Lösch Hendrik Lösch · World Congress 2025

1:43 min

Determining the optimal ratio of developers to quality professionals

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