CQEs robust Test Environment Management (TEM) strategy ensures the efficient provisioning, maintenance, and support of non-production environments throughout all testing phases. This comprehensive approach guarantees that the right environments are available and fit for purpose precisely when needed.

Our proven TEM framework encompasses the following key disciplines:

• Environment Demand Management: Proactively managing environment requests and ensuring sufficient capacity.

• Build & Deployment Management: Automating the creation and deployment of environments.

• Integration Requests: Handling requests for integrating different systems within the test environment.

• Monitoring and Health Checks: Continuously monitoring environment health and performance to proactively identify and resolve issues.

• Data Request Management (Refresh, Masking): Managing test data, including refreshing data from production (with appropriate masking for sensitive information).

• Configuration Management: Maintaining consistent environment configurations and tracking changes.

• Incident and Problem Management: Addressing environment-related incidents and identifying root causes to prevent recurrence.

• Cloud Instance Management: Managing and optimizing cloud-based test environments.

Our TEM strategy focuses on maximising the availability and optimal utilisation of physical, virtual, and cloud infrastructure. It provides end-to-end support for managing all non-production environments, blending ITIL-based processes, operational maturity models, and deep technical expertise. This framework is tightly aligned with the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Testing Life Cycle, enabling prompt and proactive management of the entire non-production landscape.

Mature tooling facilitates seamless integration with DevOps platforms for release management, environment provisioning (on-premise and cloud), and comprehensive reporting, enabling efficient and automated workflows.