TDM in DevOps environment – key challenges

In a DevOps environment, the development team requires to deploy the application in order to deliver continuously. To validate the deployed application, it requires a set of quality test data continuously for the execution of integration, functional, and performance testing. Test data provisioning in Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment is the primary challenge. Key TDM challenges in DevOps environment include the following:

• Test data refreshing in each deployment cycle is a tedious activity.
• Regulatory compliance and data privatization are key challenges to protect sensitive information while deploying data.
• Too many clones of the production environment increase storage costs and cause larger maintenance windows/downtime.
• Test Data Creation is a manual, time consuming, and error-prone process. Lack of knowledgeable resources makes it harder to test packaged applications.
• The overall quality of test data is often poor, causing longer...