Testing a governance process

Testing a governance process is similar to testing other process applications.

About this task

Before you use a governance process with process applications in a production environment, test your governance process with a test scenario.

Procedure

Create a snapshot of the governance process that you are testing and set it to "Released". It is immediately available for use. You do not need to notify people that it is released.
Optional: Create dummy offline process servers to test governance processes that involve installation. You can also use a test process server to verify your governance processes.
In IBM® Process Center, create a dummy process application to use for testing.
Select the dummy process application. On the Governance page for the process application, click the Change link beside the current governance process and select the governance process that you want to test.
Test your changed governance process by making installation requests or status change requests on the dummy process application.
If you encounter an installation failure while testing, follow these steps to recover:
1. Fix the problems with the governance process that you are testing.
2. Create a new snapshot, or if you want to use the same snapshot for testing, reset the governance association to the default governance process in the dummy test process application. This latter action should clear the "Installation terminated" status messages if there are any.
3. Repeat the test.
Keep the previous governance process until you are sure it is not needed.

What to do next

Optional: Delete the dummy offline server and dummy test application.
Let the process administrator know that the new process is available for use.
Before changing the governance association to a new governance process, make sure that any existing governance process instances are either completed or stopped.

If you encounter a difficulty after putting a governance application into service, the recovery process is straightforward. Stop or complete the running instances of the governance process. Then replace the faulty governance process with a proven governance process or with the default process until you fix the governance process that caused the problems.