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We Shift Testing Left: A Software Dev Cycle That Doesn't Scale
The motivation for shifting testing left is a software release cycle in deadlock, developers forced to context switch and a glacial development velocity.
Let’s start by discussing why we chose the option to shift left, as it’s not the only way to solve scaling problems with your software development life cycle (SDLC). There’s a cynical read of “shift left” that is “make people do more work but pay them the same.” A stressed-out dev team might rebel at the thought of adding more concerns to their docket. Instead of a developer finding small problems with their own code and quickly fixing the errors, QA is now required to document and communicate back the issue.
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