Which are some of the Best Practices for IT Test Environment?

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Which are some of the Best Practices for IT Test
Environment?
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• The IT test environment is not a new word, at
  least for IT organizations as the word has proved
  its significance in many ways by offering some
  unmatched benefits to the organizations.
• IT test environment management is a comprehensive
  process with various phases such as risk
  analysis, test planning, resource allocation,
  test monitoring control, issue management, test
  report, test execution and others.
• However, when we evaluate something, we have to
  do it 360 degrees and IT environment management
  has its share of challenges too.
• Some of the challenges are lack of time, lack of
  resources, and absence of personnel and ambiguity
  of test results. If you want to create the best
  IT environment management process in your
  organization, you need to see face to face these
  challenges and address each one of the first.
• In this post, we will discuss some of the best
  practices for the IT test environment. Keep
  reading!

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• Start testing activities in the SDLC itself for
  better results
• When we dont identify and address bugs and other
  issues in the development phase, they will be
  identified at the later stage and it would become
  very difficult to deal with them at that point.
• It will require extra efforts, money and
  resources to eliminate them.
• The best way is to start testing activities from
  the SDLC to keep identifying and eliminating them
  at one go.
• As soon as a few test cases are written, you
  should start the test process without any further
  delay.
• Perform iterative tests
• Even experts believe that when you test the
  software product iteratively, it will help
  organizations to generate significant testing
  assets.
• In addition to that, it will also help you to
  address bugs and other functional or operational
  issues when they are found in the system.
• It will make it possible to deliver the product
  on time without any additional costs.

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• Reuse test assets
• You have the best of the class IT environment
  management tools and other assets to be used
  again and again.
• When test procedures and test automation objects
  are recycled and reused, it will improve the
  quality and efficiency of the software product.
• Furthermore, it will also save money and efforts
  of the teams. However, you will need a team of
  experts who can foresee such assets that can be
  used in the future.
• Utilize testing and testing strategies based on
  requirements
• One size fits all strategy does not fit when it
  comes to software testing.
• The testing team perform various types of tests
  such as agile, security, mobile, big data and
  analytics and others and they need to use
  different testing approaches for each of them.
• Each type of testing has a specific test
  management framework. In other words, the whole
  point here is to follow a requirements-based
  testing approach which can assist in the testing
  effort calculations and application validation.

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• Coordination among testing resources
• This principle applies to everything that we do,
  doesnt it? In the test environment management,
  when different teams work collectively by sharing
  information and resources, they will be able to
  overcome issues, maximize productivity and
  improve timelines.
• They can use different communication tools and
  technical channels to collaborate in a better
  manner.
• Define enforce flexible testing processes
• If you want to develop the best IT environment
  management implementation, you need to have a
  defined automated workflow, developed after
  considering different testing needs and efforts
  of each project.
• This workflow must be designed in a manner that
  it can be modified and optimized at the later
  stage as and when required.
• When your organization adheres to regulations and
  guidelines such as CMMI- SVC v1.3, Maturity Level
  5, ISO 90012008, ISO 270012013, or HIPPA, it is
  extremely important.

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• Coordinate integrate with the development teams
• Most of the organizations lack clear
  communication between testing and development
  teams
• and they suffer a lot due to it. You need to
  address this issue from the beginning and ensure
  that both teams communicate and integrate well.
• Conclusion
• IT environment management is the need of the hour
  and establishing it in your organization requires
  some micro-level monitoring.
• Use these new approaches that we have discussed
  in this post and you can overcome all the issues
  and obstacles, preventing you from developing an
  IT test environment management model within your
  organization.

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