For each Test Environment Configuration that you have identified that you should perform your testing against, identify
and define the following details.
Using the Test Plan, identify each technique that will be part of the Test Approach. For each technique, list the
specific environmental requirements that will need to be satisfied to allow the testing to be undertaken.
Using the requirements that you have identified, begin collating a list of both the hardware and software that will be
require to conduct the testing. Try to find opportunities for consolidation.
Now gather the details for each configuration. Be as specific as possible. This may require the assistance of technical
support or system administration resources. Try to find the minimum and maximum extremes for the possible environments.
Often these extremes are enough to provide a sufficient breadth of environment experience.
To set up, maintain, and manage a test environment is often a difficult and demanding undertaking. Give thought to the
management procedures that you will adopt to keep the test environment in good working order.
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