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

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

• 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.

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

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.

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

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​

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

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

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

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.

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.