Many companies are moving beyond the lengthy, top-down release cycles driven by boxed software to an iterative release process driven by the rapid innovation of software running on internet-connected devices. Teams are embracing principles such as Agile, Lean, DevOps, and Continuous Development to ship quality software faster. In fact, Agile is now the norm: 94% of companies report that all or some of their development teams currently use Agile.

In this guide, you’ll learn how by breaking into multiple services and shipping smaller changes more frequently, software teams mitigate risks and become more responsive to their customers’ evolving requirements.