In its State of Feature Management and Experimentation 2024
report, Split by Harness reveals that only 1 in 6 of those surveyed
are successful with Feature Management and Experimentation without
the ability to monitor system performance and user behavior at the
feature level.
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FRANCISCO, Sept. 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Harness,
the Modern Software Delivery Platform® company, and Split Software,
a leading Feature Management and Experimentation provider recently
acquired by Harness, today released groundbreaking insights in
collaboration with LeadDev. The report, The State of Feature
Management and Experimentation 2024, surveyed 500
engineering leaders and underscores the critical role feature
management and experimentation tools play in helping software teams
succeed within the maturing practice.
According to the survey, 83% of senior leaders prioritize
feature management as a way to embed experimentation into their
developer cultures. However, engineering teams are not succeeding
without the right tools in place. Specifically, only 1 in 6 say
they were successful without the ability to monitor system
performance and user behavior at the feature level, an integral
capability of robust feature management solutions like Split by
Harness.
Other key insights from the survey include:
- Safety & optimization are top priorities: 78% of
respondents identified risk mitigation and feature optimization as
essential components of their feature management strategy.
- Release monitoring is critical to feature management
success: 82% of successful feature management respondents say
they monitor at the feature level, while only 16% who do not
monitor believe they are successful.
- Experimentation requires best practices and proper
tooling: 46% of organizations not conducting experiments point
to a lack of best practices as a major barrier, while 37% cite
technical debt as a hindrance.
- Engineering takes the reins on experimentation: The
responsibility for experimentation is increasingly shared between
engineering and product teams, with 42% of the leadership now held
by engineering.
- Integration with CI/CD is the future: The future of
feature management tools lies in their integration with CI/CD
solutions, as 83% of leaders expect such connectivity.
"The challenges of mitigating risk at enterprises with over 500
engineers are enormous, especially under pressure to innovate
rapidly," said Trevor Stuart,
co-founder of Split Software. "Knowing the impact of every feature
with proper release monitoring and minimizing the blast radius of
potential failures is now more critical than ever."
With feature flags and CI/CD capabilities becoming inseparable,
Split Software's integration within the Harness platform promises a
unified solution for managing feature flags and CI/CD pipelines,
streamlining operations for engineering teams.
For a deeper dive into these findings, read the full report.
About Harness
Harness is the leading end-to-end platform for complete software
delivery. It provides a simple, safe, and secure way for
engineering and DevOps teams to release applications into
production. Harness uses AI and machine learning to monitor the
quality of deployments and automatically roll back failed ones,
saving time and reducing the need for custom scripting and manual
oversight, giving engineers their nights and weekends back. Harness
customers accelerate deployments by up to 75%, reduce
infrastructure costs by up to 60%, and decrease lead time for
changes by up to 90%. Harness is based in San Francisco.
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