Unified Test Environment Management System Automation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional test environment management faces challenges such as high operational costs, fragmented operating models, lack of governance, and difficulty in managing large and complex test environments, leading to reduced availability and efficiency in software testing.

Innovation Solution

A unified test environment management system that creates a configuration management database, defines incident management policies based on ITIL, selects appropriate test environments, and generates reports to automate test environment operational activities, thereby establishing centralized governance and standardization.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If conventional test environment management is used, then operational flexibility is maintained, but test environment availability decreases and operational costs increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvetest environment availabilityVSAvoidtest environment management complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges multiple test environment management functions (provisioning, deployment, monitoring, incident management) into a single unified automated system. This consolidation reduces operational complexity by providing centralized control while improving reliability through consistent automated processes across all test environments.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The automated test environment management system enables self-service capabilities where test environments can be automatically provisioned, deployed, and managed without extensive manual intervention. This reduces operational complexity while maintaining high availability through automated self-healing and incident resolution mechanisms.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

2Productivity

If manual test environment management is used, then operational costs are high, but automation implementation complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveoperational efficiencyVSAvoidautomation system complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces manual mechanical operations (manual provisioning, deployment, monitoring) with automated electronic systems. This substitution dramatically improves operational efficiency by eliminating repetitive manual tasks while the automation complexity is managed through standardized ITIL-based processes and unified system architecture.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

3Reliability

If centralized governance is implemented, then test environment availability improves, but implementation difficulty increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvetest environment availabilityVSAvoidsystem implementation ease

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The unified test environment management system provides universal governance capabilities that can be applied across diverse test environments through standardized ITIL-based processes. This multi-functional approach improves reliability through consistent governance while reducing implementation difficulty by using proven industry standards rather than custom solutions.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

4Adaptability or versatility

If test environment landscape expands, then testing capability increases, but management difficulty increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvetesting capabilityVSAvoidmanagement complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the management of expanded test environments into standardized, modular components based on ITIL frameworks. This segmentation allows the system to handle larger and more diverse test environment landscapes by breaking down complex management tasks into manageable, reusable units, thereby increasing testing capability without proportionally increasing management difficulty.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS10002071B2Method and a system for automating test environment operational activities

Publication Date: 2018.06.19 WIPRO LTD

AI summary

A method and a system are provided method for automating test environment operational activities. The method comprises creating, by a unified test environment management (UTEM) system, a configuration management database comprising information pertaining to at least one of a test infrastructure, test data, and a plurality of test environment incidents. The method comprises defining, by the (UTEM) system, one or more test environment incident management policies based on Information Technology Infrastructure Library and the configuration management database. In an embodiment, the one or more test environment incident management policies are defined to manage the plurality of test environment incidents. The method comprises selecting, by the (UTEM) system, a testing environment for resolving the plurality of test environment incidents based on the defined one or more test environment incident management policies. The method comprises generating, by the (UTEM) system, a plurality of reports corresponding to the selected testing environment.