managing test environments
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Proactive Test Environments
Kevin Harvey
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Overview
Test environments no matter how large, small, simple or complex, areIntegral to the success and smooth running of any testing project.
Upfront organisation combined with effective proactive environmental management can ensure that environmental downtime or instability is mitigated as much as possible. Ensuring the affects of technical downtime on the project baseline dates are kept to a minimum
This can be achieved by addressing a few points prior to setting up your test environment (s)
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Why ?
Keep the project cogs moving !!!
Minimise loss off man hours due to lack of environment availability in all areas of the project
Maximise design and development time available
Minimise unnecessary defects due to unknown environment inconsistencies
Save money
On a project with 10 development / support, 5 testers & 2 business resources environment downtime would cost a project approx ..... £10,000 per day !!!!!
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Key Attributes
Stable
Maintainable
Accurate
Accessible
Cost effective
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Basic Environment
USERS &
SECURITY
USERS &
SECURITY
CUSTOMERINFORMATION
CUSTOMERINFORMATION
ACCOUNT INFORMATION
ACCOUNT INFORMATION
PROCESSING ENGINE (s)
PROCESSING ENGINE (s)
REPORTINGREPORTING
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Key Questions
What will the test environment be used for ?
What does the test environment look like ?
Who will access the test environment ?
How many environments will I need ?
How do I minimise downtime ?
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Purpose
What will the test environment be used for
Proofing and designing business process solutions Developing solutions Unit testing Smoke testing Integration testing User acceptance testing Performance testing Security testing Operation acceptance testing Post go live warranty periods
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Technical Structure
What does the test environment look like
Architecture External system links Interfaces both internal and external Data Loads
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User Requirements
Who will access the test environment
Support Developers Testers Analysts
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Project Requirement
How many environments
Development Staging Integration Performance Security User Acceptance Operational Acceptance
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Project Requirement (cont)
Example scenarios
PERF & SEC
PERF & SEC
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Stability
How do I minimise downtime
Configuration management Release Management Efficient test user administration Availability Monitoring
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Stability (cont)
ExampleDevDev STGSTG
INTINT PERF & SEC
PERF & SEC UATUAT OATOAT
