Culture is often the barrier to adopting the testing processes that facilitate DevOps.
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Your organization probably has traits that fall across different categories; most companies won't match one of these categories perfectly. However, the overall trend in your score indicates that your company is a:
Testing may be acknowledged as an area to improve, but is very low on your organization's priority list unless a serious issue occurs
Any testing is informal, ad hoc, and driven by individuals
Individuals make their own time to test
Very little budget is devoted to developing or improving testing processes
Improving testing is occasionally prioritized by your organization when time is available, even if testing is not currently causing a significant problem
Some formal testing processes are in place
Time for testing is sometimes built into the software development process
Some budget is allocated towards testing tools
Tests are created and run manually
Your organization actively seeks out best practices
Management may encourage developers to practice behavioral testing methods like Test-Driven Development
Formal testing processes are in place, but may be siloed between teams
Time for testing is built into software development schedules and sprints
Automated testing is often used
There is a dedicated budget for testing tools, including experimentation with new ones
Testing is always prioritized in your organization, which has a continuously evolving culture of testing
Behavioral methods that encourage testing, like Test-Driven Development, are common knowledge among developers and management
Your organization leads the pack with new techniques developed in-house.
There is organization-level adoption of formal testing processes, as well as formal methods for evaluating the efficacy of those testing processes
Time is always built into software development schedules and sprints
Automated testing is fully in use
Budget is allocated not only for testing tools, but also for training that gives teams a common vocabulary and understanding of testing principles, facilitating the sharing of testing responsibilities
Your organization often pioneers the newest testing tools first
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