An introduction to environment management

Environment Management
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Software Development Environment Management
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Test Environment Management

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Release management

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Change Control

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Access Control

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Benefits

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Problems

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Environment Management – What is it ?
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Control of software development environments
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Control access

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Control change

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Ensure that they are fit for purpose

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Ensure systems and software
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Reflect current release
Reflect stage in development
Reflect current use i.e. dev / test



Release Management
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Control change by using
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A backed up software repository

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A dedicated change manager

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A change control process and tool

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Access management to
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Tools
Environments
Code Repository
Data



Change Control
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A change control process

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Problem reporting via a tool

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Vetting of problems reports

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Change requests linked to problem reports

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Change requests used in testing

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Change requests incorporated into releases



Access Control
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Control access by project staff to
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Data

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Environments
Tools

Control access by role
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dev, test, release, analyst, project manager

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Avoid undesireable and expensive changes

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Shorten delivery times by avoiding mistakes / confusion

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Partition env usage and manage need



Benefits
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Reduced cost due to undesirable env changes

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Environments better reflect
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Stage of system, stage, architecture

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Better management of time scales

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Benefits for staff morale and ownership



Problems
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Project pressures
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Adhoc access / change

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Not advisable – plan for project needs

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Need to use test for development

Police usage to ensure costs / time scales

Desire to “cut corners”
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Adds to costs and increases time scales

Complacency
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Use process to ensure best practice



Environment Management



Diagram Details
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Environment volume decreases by stage
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i.e. Need more dev envs than uat

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Processes and environments use code repository

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Dev environments can be cut down versions i.e.
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May not contain all system components

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Reduced volume of data

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Controlled release to environments

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Backup strategies to avoid loss



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