Basic Success Factors For A Successful Test Environment Management

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• Test Environment Management is simply a function
  in the software delivery process that mentors the
  software testing process by offering a validated
  and stable test environment. It is a very
  difficult task to control and manage the test
  environment at enterprise level.
• An entire Test environment management consists of
  multiple components such as hardwares, softwares,
  databases. The test data that is contained by the
  software can be managed by tools, procedures, and
  resources effectively.
• The enterprises generally establish and maintain
  the test environments in order to make smooth and
  error free launching of the softwares. But, with
  the increasing number of tools in the software
  industry, it becomes difficult to manage the
  testing environment.
• Not only difficult, it is complex, costly and
  time consuming to have an effective management of
  the test environment at an enterprise level. It
  is said that nearly 40 of the time is consumed
  by the environment itself. Here in the article,
  you will find certain success factors that will
  lead you to a successful Test environment
  management.

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Managing The Resources Effectively

• At enterprise level, in order to maintain a
  successful test environment management, it is
  necessary to have a dedicated test environment
  team.
• The test environment team is the only point of
  contact for managing all the activities that are
  related to the test environment management.
• Managing the test environment team in a manner to
  get the best-in-class results is one of the major
  factors for a successful Test environment
  management tool.

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Powerful Program Governance

• It is necessary to establish a well planned
  strategy at an enterprise level totally based on
  blueprint of the production environment and the
  test requirements of the future.
• You must make sure that the test environment team
  always follows the standard test process and is
  achieving continuous improvements.
• Ultimately, the success of the test environment
  entirely depends on the governance strategy
  followed by the team.

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Operations Excellence

• It is necessary to establish a well planned
  strategy at an enterprise level totally based on
  blueprint of the production environment and the
  test requirements of the future.
• You must make sure that the test environment team
  always follows the standard test process and is
  achieving continuous improvements.
• Ultimately, the success of the test environment
  entirely depends on the governance strategy
  followed by the team.

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Automate The Process

• At the end, the major factor that comes into
  consideration is the automation of the testing
  process.
• Managing the entire Test environment manually can
  require a large number of resources and managing
  them can sometimes be difficult.
• Hence automating the test environment activities
  will let you minimize the dependency.
• This process will ensure the improvement in
  turnaround time for test environment provisioning.

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