The Cost of Inefficient Test Environment Management

Do you know how much inefficient Test Environment Management is costing you?

In our discussions with organisations across Asia Pacific, North America and Europe, one thing stands out. Few realise how much Non Production Environments cost them.

When it comes to Controlling Test Environment Costs, most organisations still manage their environments inefficiently through the use of manual, error-prone, and decentralised methods such as spreadsheets, email, and shoehorned intranet sites.

These methods don’t support efficient daily operations, let alone informed decisions.

Now, this may not sound like such a big deal when Non-Production is effectively the “ugly stepchild” of Production, right? Well, when you consider some industry statistics, the importance of the story starts to show;

For instance, over 50% of an organisation’s Infrastructure, licensing, and associated Services spend is for non-production environments.
In addition, 95% of organisations have no idea what their environments look like.
20% of the development and Test cycle productivity is lost due to Test Environment Issues, which leads to the last one.
Moreover, the #1 cause of IT project delays, late time to market, and release-related issues is Non-Production Environments and Test Data.

A Real-World Example

For example, on one billion-dollar transformation programme, each day of delay cost half a million dollars.

Test cycles slipped by weeks or months. Unfit environments and poorly coordinated changes, managed in spreadsheets and email, were usually to blame.

In fact, one of the main issues is that no one knew what the non-production environments looked like, and you can’t manage what you don’t know.

When you consider all of the above and that technology is the backbone of any organisation, inefficiencies can cost an organisation up to 5% of its overall IT spend.

Ultimately, effective Test Environment Management affects the bottom line for customers, employees, and shareholders.

Enov8 tackles this problem with its IT and Test Environment Management platform.

enov8’s EcoSystem is an extensible IT and Test Environment Management Platform, inclusive of;