Server-Side Experimentation: Common challenges from 12 organisations in The Netherlands

Kevin Anderson, Tom van den Berg, Arie van Deursen

Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

85 Downloads (Pure)

Abstract

Background: experimentation is widely adopted within industry. Many large organisations have invested in their own infrastructure to be able to run experiments server-side. Objective: we wanted to investigate why organisations switch to server-side experimen- tation and which challenges they encounter in doing so. Method: a qualitative virtual discussion based on a survey was conducted. Twelve Dutch organisations, represented by twelve interviewees, participated in the study. Results: organisations switch to server- side experimentation to run higher quality, more advanced and cheaper experiments. Challenges organisations face are: a shortage of development resources, no standardized process and a lack of a culture of experimentation. Conclusions: this is the first study that explores why organisations from The Netherlands in transition to continuous experimentation choose for investing in server-side experimentation infrastructure, and the challenges they encounter.
Original languageEnglish
Number of pages4
Publication statusPublished - 2020
Event2020 Conference on Digital Experimentation - Cambridge, United States
Duration: 19 Dec 202020 Dec 2020
https://ide.mit.edu/events/2020-conference-on-digital-experimentation/

Conference

Conference2020 Conference on Digital Experimentation
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityCambridge
Period19/12/2020/12/20
Internet address

Bibliographical note

Accepted author manuscript

Keywords

  • Continuous Experimentation
  • A/B Testing
  • Infrastructure

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Server-Side Experimentation: Common challenges from 12 organisations in The Netherlands'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this