Environments

📋 Environment Descriptions

Environment	Description	Approver	Deployment
Local	Active Development on feature	N/A	N/A
Test	Feature is finished and deploy to full env	N/A	Continuous Deployment (CD)
QA	Feature is ready for Testers(DEV/QA)	Peer/QA	Continuous with Approval
UAT	Business and Business Analyst Validate feature meets requirements	Product Owner/Manager	Continuous with Approval
Staging	Pre Production ready for prod	Peer	Continuous with Approval
Production	Swapped From Staging	Senior Peer/Manager	Swap with Approval

🔄 Deployment Flow Diagram

sequenceDiagram
    Local ->> Test: Feature is Complete and ready for integration in Full Environment
    Test ->> Local: Bug was found in feature in full environment
    Test ->> QA: Feature passed integration test is ready for QA Testing
    QA ->> Local: Bug was found in QA Testing
    QA ->> UAT: QA Testing passed ready for Business Users and BA's to Test
    UAT ->> Local: Bug was found by Business Users
    UAT ->> Staging: Application passed on UAT tests and is ready to smoke tested in production like env
    Staging ->> Local: Issue found in Production Tests
    Staging ->> Production: Swap and Ready for Production
    Production ->> Staging: Issues Discovered ready for rollback