Evaluating Software Quality in DevOps Practices in Pakistan: A Survey Approach

Quality is one of the main pressures that any software development process has to deal with. Ensuring software quality is an essential aspect of DevOps, as it helps to identify and resolve defects early in the development process, leading to faster and more reliable software releases. This paper explores the relationship between various DevOps practices and their impact on software quality. For that purpose, we have designed an industrial survey to examine the current practices of DevOps in different software firms in Pakistan. After a thorough literature study, four hypotheses based on four main practices of DevOps (Communication and collaboration, Automation, Continuous Integration & Continuous Deployment, and Measuring & Monitoring) were developed. DevOps processes are the independent variables whereas Software Quality is the dependent variable. We assessed the correlation between these variables using the Pearson Correlation coefficient. The results revealed that there is a positive and significant correlation between the study variables. We used ordinary least squares (OLS) multiple linear regression to test the proposed hypotheses. Our results showed that automation in DevOps practices has the strongest impact on software quality. In contrast, Continuous Integration & deployment don't show that significant impact on software quality. Based on the respondent's feedback and our hypothesis assessment with multiple regression analysis, the authors have recommended the use of DevOps practices for achieving better quality software.