This document outlines the core fundamentals of a test environment strategy. It discusses test environment management, provisioning, governance, support, and other key areas. Specifically, it describes: 1) Test environment management is responsible for controlling the environment during testing through configuration management, change management, and requirements management. 2) Test provisioning builds and maintains environments, including booking, software/hardware installation, test data provisioning, and decommissioning environments. 3) Test environment support provides expertise during testing through defect fixing, running test activities, technical testing, and release/deployment management.