Production Environment

Definition

The production environment is the complete integrated set of hardware and associated software tools that is used by the customer organization to operate the application.

Objectives

The objective of the production environment is to provide the necessary infrastructure to enable the application software to execute efficiently.

Benefits

• An integrated production environment is required to execute the application.
• A separate production environment enables users to use the application independently of development, integration, and other kinds of system testing.
• Load and stress testing requires special test tools that can simulate a large number of concurrent users.

Contents

• Hardware Components:
  • Clients
  • Firewalls
  • Routers
  • Web servers
  • Application servers
  • Database servers
  • Disk or tape libraries
  • Local area networks
• Software Components:
  • Application software
  • Operating systems
  • Browsers

Stakeholders

• Producer: Environments Team
• Evaluator: Environments Inspection Team
• Approvers:
  • Technical Leader
  • Project Manager
  • Customer Representative
• Maintainer: Environments Team
• Users:
  • The Customer Organization uses the production environment to maintain the application.
  • The User Organizations uses the production environment to use the application.

Phases

• Initiation: Not Applicable
• Construction: Completed
• Delivery: Maintained
• Usage: Maintained
• Retirement: Archived

Preconditions

• Integration has started.

Inputs

• Work products:
  • Project Environments Description Document
• Stakeholders:
  • Environments Team

Guidelines

• TBD

Conventions

• Inspection Checklist

Examples

• Not applicable.