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Smelly Test Environments

Smelly Environments

Kent beck, the inventor of XP extreme programming, once wrote about the concept of “Smelly Code”.
Given IT Environments seem to be a significant challenge for so many organizations,

It got us thinking:
What might “Smelly IT Environments” smell of?

In a nutshell, here is our top 8 list of things that indicate your Test Environments smell like a Kipper.

  1. Use of excel spreadsheets to manage & track your Test Environments
  2. A CMDB that only ever focuses on the Hardware Components
  3. Too many Test Environment System Instances or Components (causing overspend)
  4. Too few Test Environment System Instances or Components (causing contention)
  5. Inability to identify current and future Test environment demand or usage (no test environment bookings)
  6. Lack of End to End Test Data Integrity (causing testing to fail and grind to a halt)
  7. Inconsistent & Slow IT Environment operations (heroics and manual intervention)
  8. Manual information gathering & reporting (typically the use of PowerPoint)

Ref: Edited from Original Source smelly-environments