With 45%+ Infrastructure & License Spend being for Non Production & with IT Projects losing up to 20% in Productivity due to IT Environment issues. It is now clear that Test Environment Management can’t be ignored.
It was in recognition of these problems that enov8 decided to create the TEMMi.
The TEMMi (Test Environment Management Maturity Index) is a simple “model that you can use to quickly analyse your company’s current capabilities and then look to refine and optimize.
The TEMMi is based on evaluating the eight top areas of TEM, these are:
- Environment Knowledge Management
- Environment Demand Awareness
- Environment Planning & Coordination
- Environment Service Management
- Application Orchestration/Automation
- Data Orchestration/Automation
- Infra Orchestration/Automation
- Status Accounting & Reporting
Measure yourself by looking at each area & their sub points.
Score each of the eight areas honestly, from ad hoc and manual practices through to fully governed and automated ones. Working through them one by one gives you a clear baseline of where your test environment practice stands today.
Turning Your TEMMi Score into a Roadmap
Don’t expect an even result. Many organizations are strong in planning and coordination but weak in data or infrastructure automation. Others automate deployments well but have little visibility of environment demand. Those uneven scores are useful, because they show exactly where effort will deliver the biggest return.
Once you have a baseline, pick two or three areas to improve and set measurable targets for the next quarter. Typical early wins include replacing spreadsheets with a central environment register, introducing a simple booking process, and publishing availability and utilization reports.
Then repeat the assessment every six to twelve months. Tracking your Test Environment Management Maturity Index over time turns the TEMMi from a one-off health check into an improvement roadmap. It also gives leadership clear evidence that investment in environments is paying off.
If you wish help in this space then ask to look at Enov8 EcoSystem EM (IT & Test Environment Management in a box).