Production Environment

Following the proof-of-concept, the refined design can be replicated into a production environment. The purpose of a production environment is to demonstrate the function of the design in a non-artificial environment, ensuring its proper behavior. The environment is compared to the behavior as observed in the proof-of-concept, and as defined in the deployment design. It is also tested for stability.

An assessment is made and reports are generated. Early adoption applications go live in the production environment as they are ready. Incrementally phase new applications through the test phase and into production. Other applications are incrementally added to the production environment by working them through the proof-of-concept cycle as the early adopters have been.

Sample time lines are not available, because they vary based upon project complexity. However, this process typically takes place in a span of two to three months.