Speed must not damage quality

The future of software delivery depends not just on how fast you move but on how smartly and responsibly you do it.

Software teams are delivering faster but often at the cost of quality. Sixty-three percent deploy untested code and 42 percent lose over $1 million a year to software issues. But the Tricentis 2025 Quality Transformation Report states that speed alone will not deliver results without a culture that prioritises quality and alignment.

• Financial services firms are hit the hardest. The top barriers include technical debt, poor communication between teams and misalignment with leadership.
• Two-thirds of organisations expect a major outage in the next year. Confidence in AI is rising fast.
• Nine in ten leaders say they can measure ROI from generative AI and nearly all see autonomous testing as key to boosting speed and quality.
• The report also points to deeper shifts underway. Cloud migration and application modernisation are now top priorities as organisations prepare for AI-driven delivery.
• However only 40 percent of leaders say they understand how AI produces its results which raises long-term risks.
• Regional differences are sharp. Latin America focuses on speed while APAC leans toward quality and EMEA prioritises automation.
• Meanwhile developers are expanding their skillsets to manage ethical risks and work effectively with AI tools.