Environments Needs Assessment

Definition

Environments needs assessments is the environments engineering task of assessing the needs for the environments.

Objectives

The typical objectives of the environments needs assessment task are to:

• Assess the needs for the:
  • Management Environment
  • Development Environments
  • Production Environments

Preconditions

The environments needs assessment task can typically begin when the following preconditions hold:

• The environments team is adequately staffed and trained in environments needs assessment.

Completion Criteria

The environments needs assessment task is typically complete when the following postconditions hold:

• TBD

Steps

The environments needs assessment task typically involves the following teams performing the following steps in an iterative, incremental, parallel, and time-boxed manner:

• Environments Team:
  • TBD

Techniques

The environments needs assessment task can typically be performed using the following techniques:

• Interviews
• Checklists

Work Products

The environments needs assessment task typically results in the production of all or part of the following work products:

• Environments Set:
  • Environments Needs Assessment
  • Project Environments Description Document

Guidelines

• TBD