What is Continuous Application Improvement?

CAI stands for Continuous Application Improvement. It is a software improvement process that is implemented at each step of the SDLC, ensuring immediate feedback at each step rather than waiting until risk levels and impact has gone up. When you implement CAI you shift your improvement process as far left as possible and catch software bugs and performance problems where they are introduced, eliminating countless hours of time spent chasing issues.

Why Continuous Application Improvement matters

1. The “bug” stops here
   Developers and DevOps can see problems they are responsible for right away and can make changes without having to pass the buck unknowingly.
2. A continuous feedback loop
   Developers get feedback on their code as they’re writing it.
   QA and DevOps catch problems in non-prod that go far beyond just functional testing and before they deploy to production.
   Ops and DevOps can proactively improve applications and pass requirements over to product management to inform the planning stage directly from production.