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Please Note: The entry submission deadline has been extended to 20th September 2024.
Most Innovative Project
Awarded for the project that has significantly advanced the methods and practices of software testing.
Judges will be looking for:
- A project that has significantly advanced the methods and practices of Software Testing and quality assurance Implementation.
- Clear demonstration of the innovative nature of the project – what was the driver for innovation and how was it achieved?
- An attempt to push boundaries within the Software Testing Industry.
- Discussion of project goals, importance, achievements, resources and successful results
- Evidence and evaluation of overcoming project challenges/obstacles
Best DevOps Project Delivering Outstanding Business Value
Awarded for a DevOps Transformation across all functions bringing together both Business and Technology.
Judges will be looking for:
- Evidence of Business funding utilised for Technical development in DevOps Tooling and transformation not solely on feature development.
- KPI’s and metrics validating true Business value as a direct result on DevOps implementation likes of Increased revenue, Customer retention, satisfaction, Fewer Production Incidents, Increased stability and efficiency
- Business alignment with technology with the goal of improving the ability to release quickly and safely to Production.
- Business representatives being empowered to decide when new features are turned on and off
- Earlier detection and identification of potential risks through pre-production monitoring and increased provision of production like environments
Best Use of Sustainability Engineering in a Project
Showcase that you have made a contribution around sustainable engineering principles across one or multiple areas below:
Judges will be looking for:
- Evidence of Business funding utilised for Technical development in DevOps Tooling and transformation not solely on feature development.
- Technical Sustainability – Technical sustainability covers the direct decisions we make for the system to produce its desired results. This includes both hardware and software decisions as well as things like latency in the system, testing requirements, or the scale up/out requirements.
- Operational Sustainability – Any aspect of the system that requires human maintenance would fall under this section. Areas like the deployment process, the inner developer loop and on-call incident volumes are common to this level of sustainability.
- Environmental sustainability – Environmental sustainability focuses on the impact a system has on the ecology of the planet. All three types of carbon emission are included in this area: Scope 1 (direct emissions), Scope 2 (indirect emissions), and Scope 3 (all other emissions).
Best Use of Security in a DevOps Project
Awarded to the DevOps project with the best use of security.
Judges will be looking for:
- Demonstrate the positive impact of embedding security into a DevOps project or solution.
- Tangible outcome, demonstrating adherence to a security framework or set of local controls to accelerate delivery and flow
- Demonstration of how security teams work more closely with developments teams, for a shared outcome across the software delivery lifecycle.
- Detailed discussion around project methodology, resource choices, project Goals, importance, achievements and Successful result
- Proof of overcoming project challenges and obstacles
Best DevOps Cloud Project
Awarded for the best use of cloud technologies in a DevOps project.
Judges will be looking for:
- Detailed discussion around project methodology, resource choices, project Goals, importance, achievements and Successful result.
- Demonstrate the positive impact of Cloud Adoption into a DevOps project or solution.
- Elaboration of design, architecture, monitoring of cloud service and performance.
- Demonstration of Clear and concise requirements and configuration effort supporting Business goals.
- Evidence and evaluation of overcoming project challenges and obstacles.
Most Successful FinOps Project
FinOps is a cultural practice. It’s the way for teams to manage their cloud costs, where everyone takes ownership of their cloud usage. Cross-functional teams in Engineering, Finance, Product, etc work together to enable faster product delivery, while at the same time gaining more financial control and predictability.
Judges will be looking for:
- Demonstrate that you were able to adapt below principles in your transformation.
- Accountability and Enablement – showcase how you were able to build a culture of cost and value awareness within your business.
- Visibility and Traceability – showcase how you implemented a process to visualise accurate data and effective metrics, which starts with the notion of cloud costs visibility and traceability. This is driven by building proper resource hierarchy and project structure standards and supported by a labelling and tagging data architecture using cloud resources.
- Cloud cost optimisation —showcase where the money was spent to maximize the business value. Showcase evidence where you have been able to influence this.
DevOps Leader of the Year
Awarded to the most outstanding individual manager or team leader over the last 12 months.
Judges will be looking for:
- Demonstrate what they did to build, support, nurture, develop and motivate a team to become successful
- Evidences that are both quantitative (measurable metrics or technical elements that show statically what has been achieved) and qualitative (feedback from the team, project stakeholders, senior’s organisation leaders or customer/users).
- Examples of procedures put in place to ensure high quality results
- Evidence and evaluation of self-improvement and commitment to high standards
Best DevOps Tool / Product of the Year
Awarded to the organisation who receives top marks for their product/tool.
Judges will be looking for:
- Demonstrate a vendor based or ‘home grown’ tool or solution that clearly evidences quantifiable benefits in terms of accelerating delivery and flow.
- A tool or solution that is simple and easy to use, developer friendly and easy to implement
- Detailed discussion of Tool goals, importance, achievements and successful results
- Positive impact of the tool in the development community and across the software delivery Lifecyle.
DevOps Team of the Year
Awarded to the most outstanding DevOps team over the last 12 months.
Judges will be looking for:
- Discussion of targets achieved through effective teamwork.
- Highlight the ability to work with a dev/business/product owner around potentially changing requirement.
- Demonstration of strong team ethos
- Evidence and evaluation of problem-solving and self-improvement within the team
- Evidence of how the team culture has resulted in organisational improvements
Best Overall DevOps Project – Finance Sector
Awarded for the best DevOps project in the finance sector.
Judges will be looking for:
- Detailed Discussion of project goals, importance, achievements, resources and successful results.
- Evidence of great vision, forward-thinking & working closely with stakeholders to deliver the project on time and within budget
- Demonstration of a successful software testing project utilising a best practice method/technique
- Evidence and evaluation of overcoming project challenges/obstacles
Best Overall DevOps Project – Media and Communication
Awarded for the best DevOps project in the telco, electronic and media sector.
Judges will be looking for:
- Detailed Discussion of project goals, importance, achievements, resources and successful results.
- Evidence of great vision, forward-thinking & working closely with stakeholders to deliver the project on time and within budget
- Demonstration of a successful software testing project utilising a best practice method/technique
- Evidence and evaluation of overcoming project challenges/obstacles
Best Use of DevOps Technology
Awarded for the best use of technology in a DevOps project.
Judges will be looking for:
- Detailed Discussion of project goals, importance, achievements and successful results
- Demonstration of Cutting-edge and fit-for-purpose technology was correctly and effectively used
- Illustration of training and upskilling team & working closely with stakeholders to deliver the project on time and within budget
- Evidence and evaluation of overcoming project challenges/obstacles
Best DevOps Automation Project
Awarded for the best use of automation in a DevOps project.
Judges will be looking for:
- Detailed discussion around project methodology, resource choices, project Goals, importance, achievements and Successful result.
- Demonstrate the positive impact such as Decrease in Production Incidents, Reduced Risk, Deployment frequency and stability.
- Proof of Successful automation in a project
- Elaborate the Defects uncovered through automation, Mean Time to Detect and Resolve incidents.
- Evidence and evaluation of overcoming project challenges and obstacles.
Most Successful Cultural Transformation
Awarded for the most successful cultural transformation in a DevOps project.
Judges will be looking for:
- Detailed discussion around current culture and challenges, identifying capabilities to enhance business Success and Creating Sustainable transformation.
- Demonstration of breaking down barriers, collaboration, transparency and encouraging the sharing of responsibilities.
- Proof of cultural transformation, Design of Autonomy and Empowerment, Accelerating Growth, Increased productivity.
- Discuss Key performance indicators and how they have impacted towards success
- Evidence and evaluation of overcoming project challenges and obstacles.
Leading Partner
Awarded to the vendor organisation/service provider/consultancy who receives top marks for their product/service and customer service.
Judges will be looking for:
- Evidence and evaluation of a commitment to high quality and standards to customers
- Commitment to customer satisfaction and continuous improvement
- Evidence of Value for money, reliability, flexibility and responsiveness to change
- Proof of thought leadership and drive to excel in the DevOps industry
