Software development process
Process by which software is developed
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| July 2024 |
Eating your own dog food
After the CrowdStrike outages, CEO Adam Meyers testified before the US Congress about 'dogfooding' as a method to improve internal testing and prevent future system problems.
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| 2023 | DBmaestro rolled out an AI-powered error-management assistant capable of automatically identifying errors in database releases and proposing immediate feedback including best practices for resolution. |
| 2023 |
DevOps
The State of DevOps report updated the stability metric from 'mean time to recover' to 'failed deployment recovery time', addressing previous criticisms of the research methodology and metrics.
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| April 2023 |
Capability Maturity Model Integration
CMMI Version 3.0 is released, representing the latest evolution of the process improvement framework.
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| 2022 |
IFIP Working Group 2.3
William R. Cook, a member of IFIP Working Group 2.3, passed away.
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| 2021 |
Capability Maturity Model
ISACA released CMMI version 2.0, updating the software development process model.
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| 2021 |
DevOps
DevOps Research and Assessment (DORA) added Reliability as a new metric, expanding their performance measurement framework to focus on operational performance, availability, and user expectation adherence.
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| July 2021 |
Test-driven development
The first conference dedicated to Test-Driven Development (TDD) was held, with sessions being recorded and made available on YouTube, marking a significant milestone in recognizing TDD as a distinct software development methodology.
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| May 12 2021 |
Software supply chain
The US Executive Order on Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity was issued, mandating NIST and NTIA to develop guidelines for software supply chain management, including specifications for Software Bill of Materials (SBOMs).
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| 2020 |
Infrastructure as code
Unit 42 (Palo Alto Networks' threat intelligence unit) released the Cloud Threat Report, identifying approximately 200,000 potential vulnerabilities in infrastructure as code templates, highlighting significant security concerns in IaC technology.
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| 2019 |
Capability Maturity Model
End of the tracking period for Capability Maturity Model appraisals, which revealed the consistent low percentage of organizations achieving high maturity levels.
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| July 2019 | DBmaestro announced a global reselling partnership agreement with IBM, enabling IBM to offer DBmaestro's platform to its worldwide enterprise customer base. |
| 2018 | Basecamp introduced Shape Up, a software development approach designed to address project duration challenges, particularly for remote teams. The methodology replaced traditional concepts like estimation, velocity tracking, backlogs, and sprints with new concepts of appetite, betting, and cycles. |
| 2018 |
Capability Maturity Model Integration
CMMI Version 2.0 was released, representing a significant update to the process improvement framework.
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| 2018 |
Infrastructure as code
Pulumi was released, providing a push infrastructure as code tool with declarative and imperative approaches, written in Go.
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| 2018 | DBmaestro was honored as a Bronze Stevie Award Winner for New Product or Service of the Year in the Software - DevOps Solution category. |
| 2017 |
Software supply chain
The Internet of Things Cybersecurity Improvement Act was introduced, building upon the earlier failed 2014 legislation related to software supply chain transparency.
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| 2016 |
Capability Maturity Model
The responsibility for the Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) was transferred to the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA).
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| 2016 |
IFIP Working Group 2.3
Peter Naur, a member of IFIP Working Group 2.3, passed away.
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| 2016 | DBmaestro was lauded for 'standing out from the crowd' in the DevOps Dozen Awards, with voting conducted by DevOps.Com involving thousands of industry professionals across 12 categories. |
| 2016 |
DevOps
DORA metrics for throughput and stability were published in the State of DevOps report, introducing key performance indicators for DevOps practices.
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| March 2016 |
Capability Maturity Model Integration
The CMMI Institute is acquired by ISACA, signaling a new organizational direction.
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| 2015 |
Infrastructure as code
Otter was released by Inedo, a Windows-oriented push infrastructure as code tool with declarative and imperative approaches.
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| 2015 |
IFIP Working Group 2.3
Greg Nelson, a member of IFIP Working Group 2.3, passed away.
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| 2015 | DBmaestro was recognized by the editors of SD Times, Computing magazine, and a market research company. |
| 2014 |
Software supply chain
The Cyber Supply Chain Management and Transparency Act was proposed in the US, aiming to require government agencies to obtain Software Bill of Materials (SBOMs) for new product purchases, though the legislation ultimately failed.
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| 2014 |
Infrastructure as code
Terraform was released by HashiCorp, introducing a push-based infrastructure as code tool with declarative and imperative approaches, written in Go.
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| 2014 |
DevOps
Lisa Crispin and Janet Gregory published the book 'More Agile Testing', which included a chapter dedicated to testing and DevOps.
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| 2013 |
IFIP Working Group 2.3
Jim Horning, George Radin, and John C. Reynolds, members of IFIP Working Group 2.3, passed away.
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| 2012 |
Infrastructure as code
Ansible / Ansible Tower was released by Red Hat, offering push and pull infrastructure as code capabilities with declarative and imperative approaches in Python.
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| 2012 |
DevOps
The first 'State of DevOps' report was published by Alanna Brown at Puppet Labs, providing insights into DevOps adoption and practices.
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| 2011 |
Infrastructure as code
SaltStack was released, providing push and pull infrastructure as code capabilities with declarative and imperative approaches using Python.
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| June 1 2011 |
Eating your own dog food
YouTube added a license feature to its video uploading service, with an internal 'dogfood' message appearing on videos lacking commercial licensing.
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| 2010 |
IFIP Working Group 2.3
George H. Mealy and Michel Sintzoff, members of IFIP Working Group 2.3, passed away.
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| November 2010 |
Capability Maturity Model Integration
CMMI Version 1.3 is released, with major improvements including support for agile software development and enhanced high maturity practices.
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