DevOps Testing for Modern Software and Teams

Read the full article about DevOps testing for modern software here: www.getcloudapp.com/blog/devops-testing-visuals

Visualization for DevOps Testing Tools

Your strategy document and DevOps test strategy retrospective need visuals to keep things from getting too cluttered or confusing. Your team needs the space to see and understand, instead of having to try and find the right phrase in a wall of text.
Get as complex as your team needs or keep it simple with many of the project management tools available. We really like Trello and Basecamp as starting points for overall management because our integration means you can work with visuals and images right away. You can also attach photos and GIFs to the top of boards or projects to show your team exactly how to use your boards and inform everyone on your team.
Walking someone through each step with a quick visual guide makes them more likely to follow the right steps, while the automatic notification settings (and their integrations with our other favorites like Trello) ensure everyone knows about the latest updates.
If you’re wondering about how to get started with visualization, here’s a quick example from Katrina Clokie that’s used in her book “A Practical Guide to Testing in DevOps” which you can grab here.
1. Get a board, either physical or digital.
2. Place two notes, one called “Idea” and the other “Production” and put them at the top left and right corner, respectively. This is your visual timeline of development as different pieces move from development idea to production.
3. Create a list of your development ideas and production needs. Put them on three different colors of sticky notes (or different colors of cards for things like Trello), with colors representing 1) in our test strategy and we’re doing it; 2) in our test strategy and we’re not doing it; and 3) not in our test strategy, but should be.
4. Group the notes as a team into things that have similar testing activities and put them under a larger heading. Then decide where they need to go on your timeline.