Part 8/11:

• Manual Processes and Quality Assurance: Despite technological advances, manual testing and quality assurance still involve significant human effort, creating room for automation improvements.

• Infrastructure and Observability: Ensuring holistic observability—from network to application performance—is vital, especially given modern networks’ shift toward software-defined, network-as-a-service models.

• Security and Compliance: With increasing automation and AI-assisted code generation, embedding security and regulatory compliance, such as HIPAA or ISO standards, must be integrated into all workflows.