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 cycle...