Deployment

• Deployment planning
• System installation
• Acceptance testing
• Performance validation, testing, and tuning
• Technical training

This phase occurs when your GIS structure comes together as a whole. Deployment includes installation, client acceptance, and training. Hardware is procured, and your GIS software and applications are installed into your operational environment and tested to ensure that they perform as required.

Multiple steps of testing occur both in the development environment and on-site by Professional Services QA staff during deployment as an integrated, independent step before your solution is released. The QA team tests the functionality of the solution to remove defects and ensure that the complete set of requirements is met. When you are satisfied with the solution, it is deployed to production.

Online and/or hard-copy technical documentation and operation instructions for using the system are prepared and technical training is conducted.

When your GIS solution meets the agreed-upon acceptance criteria, it is deployed as a live system.

Deliverables

Deliverables at this stage include

• Detailed deployment plan
• Installation and testing of software, data, and applications
• Documentation and operation instructions
• Technical training for system administrators and developers
• Final deployed system

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