How does a continuous integration/continuous development (CI/CD) process help to reduce software failure risk?

A continuous integration/continuous development (CI/CD) process helps to reduce software failure risk by enabling smaller incremental changes to the software code, rather than large and infrequent updates12. Smaller incremental changes allow developers to detect and fix errors, bugs, or vulnerabilities more quickly and easily, and to ensure that the software is always in a working state34. Smaller incremental changes also reduce the complexity and uncertainty of the software development process, and improve the quality and reliability of the software product5.

References

1: What is CI/CD? Continuous integration and continuous delivery explained1 2: 5 CI/CD challenges—and how to solve them | TechBeacon4 3: Continuous Integration vs Continuous Delivery vs Continuous Deployment2 4: 7 CI/CD Challenges and their Must-Know Solutions | BrowserStack3 5: 5 common pitfalls of CI/CD—and how to avoid them | InfoWorld5