Fast vs safe: The great dilemma in modern software development
3 keys to deploy more, risk less, and release with confidence.
Introduction
Are you asking your developers to achieve the impossible?
Software is an economic driver. In a global survey spanning multiple industries, McKinsey found that nearly 70% of “top economic performers” use their own software to differentiate themselves from competitors.
But software is only as good as the development and delivery processes beneath it. Indeed, research shows that teams with high software delivery and operational (SDO) performance achieve “exceptional organizational performance”—including hitting or exceeding profitability targets. What’s more, McKinsey found that high developer velocity is associated with 4-5X faster revenue growth.
For these reasons, business and technology leaders want to achieve engineering excellence. This travels downstream to developers, who feel constant pressure to build and deliver better features faster.
But the reality of modern development undermines developers, forcing them to choose between moving fast and breaking things or endlessly testing each release to reduce risk. This tension leads to:
- A frantic developer experience
- An unacceptable customer experience
- Low productivity
LaunchDarkly gives developers the power to overcome the defects of modern development. In this guide, we will explain how your developers can move faster and more confidently by separating deployment from release and gaining more control over rollouts. We’ll also show how to recover from errors instantly and spend more time on what matters.
Who is this content for?
This guide is intended for software development and platform engineering leaders, as well as executives responsible for software or digital experiences.
