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Siebel Application Environments


Following the recommendation of Siebel Systems, NREC chose to install Siebel products in three separate environments—one environment for each stage in the implementation process. The three environments are development, test, and production. Each environment contains hardware, software, and data. Using this structure prevents the activities in one environment from interfering with activities in another environment. For example, configuration work in the development environment won't interfere with testing activities in the test environment.

Figure 4 shows the typical content of each environment.

Figure 4. Software and Data in Each Environment

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Each environment corresponds to a stage in the application rollout:

  1. Development. Do your initial configuration in the Development environment.
  2. Test. Copy the configuration data from the Development Environment to the Test environment and continue work there, using actual data for your organization. Here you will configure business rules and set up the data to simulate the production environment. After the set up is complete, testing occurs.
  3. Production or Deployment. After you have thoroughly tested your work in the test environment, you migrate the configuration and user data to the production environment and roll out the product to all your users.

The subsequent parts of this guide correspond to these three environments and stages, each part telling you what NREC did at each stage.


 Developing and Deploying Siebel eBusiness Applications 
 Published: 18 April 2003