Agile development is near-mainstream: 88 percent of enterprises say they are committing resources to devops and agile principles. Yet developer bootstrapping, distributed workspace security, and team workspace configuration are still cited as the biggest drags on productivity. And once development commences, stakeholders cannot provide feedback until after a merge where test environments are made available. These issues inhibit collaboration and speed, leading to longer feature iterations that break the agile ethos.

This session introduces the concepts around Continuous Development, a set of practical strategies, practices and recommended solutions for extending the agile ethos throughout ideation, development, and delivery. With continuous development your teams can iterate in the moment with developers before code has been merged. When attached to a culture supportive of continuous improvement and tools that enable in-context changes, continuous development will let you increase release frequency by 100% and eliminate time spent with configuration by 30%.