Exploring the State of Software Quality 2024 Report
Ensuring software quality and security is no longer a luxury but an essential driver of positive business outcomes. Recent studies show that poor code quality costs businesses trillions of dollars a year.
This report delves into why teams struggle to ensure software quality and the key trends shaping software development today.
Key 2024 Software Quality Insights
75% of development teams are manually reporting the impact of their code quality initiatives to management.
58% of developers say not having enough time is the single most common challenge faced during code reviews.
84% of development teams conduct regular security audits, and 88.4% have a dedicated security team or person.
Key Takeaways
- Aligning code quality with business objectives is a challenge
- Software security is the most important part of a quality program
- Time constraints often compromise the quality of code reviews
- AI and automated testing is saving developer’s time