Why is the IT Test Environment Management strategy is necessary

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Why is the IT
Test Environment Management strategy necessary?

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• You cannot release any software product without
  testing it thoroughly. Testing is one of the most
  essential parts of the software development
  process.
• Some of the most popular testing which all
  organizations focus on are unit testing and
  acceptance testing.
• However, one particular type of testing that most
  organizations fail to do is practical system
  testing in which all parts are put together to
  check their interactions.
• Most of the time, the main reason organizations
  fail to do so is the lack of an IT test
  environment.
• Just having an IT test environment is not enough,
  you also need to have a superlative IT test
  environment management strategy to manage all IT
  environments thoroughly and develop interactive
  environments for different teams to communicate
  and allocate resources freely.

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• Why do we lack good testing environments?
• There are primarily two reasons why it is
  difficult for organizations to establish good
  testing environments
• The first objective of any organization is to
  develop high-quality and the right solution for
  users.
• In addition to that, organizations strive hard to
  balance the cost of development and the cost of
  operations. With such goals, it is very difficult
  to achieve cost minimisation.
• The second reason is that it is not easy to
  create and maintain environments as it takes a
  lot of time and effort. When you have multiple
  environments, the coordination can cost you a
  little more.
• How to address this issue?
• The traditional way is to establish one or
  multiple test environments which are smaller
  versions of production. However, it is not an
  effective solution, but we do it due to many
  reasons.

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• There is a new way we can choose. Here, we will
  create a production environment and run the
  tests. Developers will automate the system in a
  manner that an environment can be created with a
  button click to execute the test suite.
• This is the most effective way compared to the
  traditional approach we have discussed. However,
  there are some issues we need to address to
  achieve this goal.
• How to create better testing environments?
• First and foremost thing is to get all the tools
  necessary for test environment management. There
  are many such tools available in the market.
• Also, you need to understand how to use those
  tools to achieve objectives. Identify all types
  of capabilities you want while setting up an
  environment and have tools to support that.

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• What Makes for a Good Testing Environment?
• Though there are many tools that can help you to
  manage your test environments, you might not be
  able to control these tools and components.
• Here, a lean and carefully designed IT test
  environment management strategy can help you to
  wrangle all these tools and components and manage
  their use and deployment.
• Which components will you need for good test
  environment management?
• Testability
• Nowadays, you cannot find software that was not
  tested thoroughly. It has become a part of the
  software development process. No matter which
  testing methodologies you use, one thing is
  certain there will be tests.
• When you develop a system infrastructure, you
  also need to ensure that the infrastructure is
  also testable before it is deployed. It means,
  the test environment must be testable.

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• Configuration Management
• For automated releases, it is important to have
  good configuration management. It will help to
  ensure that all environments are consistent and
  regular once they are configured and coded.
• Release Management
• Release management is also as important as
  production release. To get insights about what to
  test, you need to know about features and fixes
  contained in a release. Here, you can do it by
  integrating change management systems, source
  control tools and release process.
• Networks
• You cannot miss network configuration as it will
  allow us to not customise all deployed
  environments. Different networks must be
  configured to ensure minimal customization.

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• Load and Volume Testing
• Testing load and performance of software, you
  will need a transaction volume similar to
  production.
• It is easy to do in an ordinary web application,
  but very difficult for any IoT device. You need
  to plan your IT test environment management
  strategy in advance to address this concern.
• Conclusion
• The IT test environment management strategy is a
  must for all modern IT organizations as it allows
  proper allocation of resources and smooth
  communication between different teams to have the
  best quality software product with timely
  delivery.

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• Company Name Enov8
• Contact Person Ashley Hosking
• Address Level 5, 14 Martin Place, Sydney, 2000,
  New South Wales,
• Australia
• Email enov8australia_at_gmail.com
• Phone(s) 61 2 8916 6391
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