Summary

In this chapter, we have

• Defined Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) and discussed its importance in a SharePoint environment
• Described the steps to be taken in creating and maintaining a SharePoint-based application
• Examined the standards to be established with regards to documentation and development tools
• Described different ways in which a SharePoint development environment can be created
• Explored the different types of team structures that have been found useful for developing large SharePoint applications
• Considered the types of testing that should be done before deploying new or updated applications to production
• Examined the pros and cons of different strategies for structuring test, staging, pre-production, and production server farms