Standardize and manage your Test Environments

All enterprises with an IT department are required to build and maintain test environments to enable smooth development, testing and timely completion of projects.

However managing these non-production environment efficiently and consistently across the software development life cycle is complex, costly and time consuming.

Recent surveys have shown up to 40% of tester's time can be consumed by test environment issues; thereby affecting quality and productivity.

This excellent paper from Wipro describe the key challenges faced in managing one's complex test environments and explains why a standardized test environment management capability is essential if one is to optimize and avoid challenges.

White Paper: standardize_and_manage_test_environments.pdf