Re: development/test/prod environment mini-survey

[Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I might suggest a naming convention something like this, that helps 
define the goal for the particular corral.

-Sandbox, where developers truly play.  Nights, weekends, off hours, 
personal development, off-the-wall solutions, whatever.

-Lab, where developers work out the solutions required for the enterprise.

-QA (quality assurance), where release candidates are placed for 
testing, evaluation, and pre-production training.

-Promotion, a staging area for movement into Production.

-Production, which is where the money is made.

Notice that I did not use either "development" or "test."  That is 
intentional; I believe both those words have squishy definitions in 
people's minds, and getting consistent decisions will be impossible 
because of that.

I say this because in my experience, well-chosen naming conventions go a 
long ways towards forming solutions and encouraging decisions that meet 
the original intentions.



On 9/18/2012 1:57 PM, Stone, Joel wrote:
> My company is considering separating dev from test.
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> For this survey: DEV is where programmers play; TEST is where business analysts and users try out new stuff, PROD is where the money is made.
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> Please respond only if NOT a software vendor - Im sure rules are much different when there are thousands of installs involved at a software vendor.
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> I would like to inquire how other iseries shops are handling this.
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> 1)      Is dev/test/prod on same LPAR?
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> 2)      Is dev/test/prod  on same box?
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> 3)      How frequently are promotions from dev to test allowed?
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> a.       No restrictions
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> b.      Daily
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> c.       Weekly
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> d.      Other
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> 4)      Does separating DEV from TEST require more time & effort for a given development project?
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> 5)      What would be some reasons why this is a good idea (besides the auditors told us to)?
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> Thanks!
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