Guideline: Stand Up Test Environments Faster



Scenario: The team is making changes to an application component adding integration with an existing 3rd party service to implement new required functionality. To validate this minor change, the time to stand up a complete test lab combined with the 3rd party service access fees adds substantial project cost – cost which is unnecessary.

Service virtualization lowers the cost of testing and eliminates delays.

  • Create and deploy a virtual component to simulate the 3rd party service functionality and performance without the fees.
  • Quickly stand up test labs using virtual services to simulate dependencies which have not changed.
  • Test applications end to end with confidence but at a lower cost and without delay.