4 Tips to Avoid Downtime Risks and Start the New Year Strong

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The end-of-year holiday season is particularly challenging for software companies — demand is often at its peak, while at the same time your staff members want to be home with their families. You can avoid downtime risks if you: Prioritize operational readiness Write higher quality tests Strengthen your security Are consistent

In https://circleci.com/resources/2022-state-of-software-delivery/, we found that the impacts many engineering teams experience every year around the holidays were worse than the onset of the global pandemic. Productivity decreases across the board more dramatically this time each year than it did at the start of COVID-19.

Recovery time is affected most by the end-of-year holidays than any other time throughout the year.

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