Merging and creating environments, including anonymisation
Client: Carrefour — Retail sector.
Systnaps supported Carrefour in merging and simplifying its application environments, anonymising transactional data for test environments. The project spanned control, performance, quality, compliance, security, eco-responsibility and the evolution of the data estate.
Context
- Ensure the consistency of reference data across environments.
- Simplify the number of production environments.
- Rationalise storage while anonymising transactional data for test environments.
Levers
- Creation and duplication of a configuration repository across the application scope.
- Securing configuration deliveries.
- A significant reduction in data-entry time, to prioritise testing phases.
- A reinforced approach for a "light" acceptance database tailored to specific business needs.
Approach
- Automatic verification and alerting on reference data.
- Rationalisation of discrepancies in reference data before merging environments.
- Selection of features for acceptance testing with business and IT teams, then data loading via datasets.
Results
- A sensitive, delicate project delivered smoothly, thanks to anticipating environment-normalisation steps.
- A high level of automation, aligned with strategic ambitions.