Define "Development" and "Production" for your AGOL items

[JamesCrandall]

Simple question: How do you/your organization define "Production" version of WebMaps or WebApps?

Since this AGOL environment is so far removed from what a traditional software development shop might be operating under, how do you handle the requirements from admins and management for building, updating and deploying "Development", "Test" or "Production" versions of Web Map and Web Apps within your AGOL environment?

To start, I've come up with an initial list of properties for what defines a "development" version Web Map:

1. The name or other description or tag properties must contain the word "beta" in them.

2. Any services must be non-production (aka, pointing to "development" published services)

3. Sharing must only be at the Group level and not with the Organization or Public.

To define a "production" version Web Map:

1. The name, description or tag properties must not contain any reference to "beta" or "test" or other such description.

2. Any services must be production versions (aka the service urls must point to "production" end points).

3. Sharing can be at the Organization or Public setting.

Can anyone comment, add to, or modify this?  I am attempting to satisfy system admins and management with answering their question: "Is this Web Map in production or development?"

[JamesCrandall]

"Production" means that the map owners have generally agreed not to change it without coordinating the change with stakeholders who have made their needs known"

Please note that I am officially stealing and incorporating this.  But do not worry as I will be sure to reference it as some obscure internet resource found on some blog somewhere.

Thanks.

I think for now I'm having to stick with this idea of stacks of things that can contain items with specific attributes, properties and sources to help define what that stack is.  A "dev", "test" and "prod" stack each has it's own unique collection of things (which may be separated by physical environments or not!) but at least the overall stack can now be defined.

Your insights are greatly appreciated!!!

[TimMinter]

you flatter me .  go on, do it some more!  yea, verily, feel free to take.  it's like an old leather couch on the side of the road, "free take"