Dev/Test/Prod for Admins

  • Just like you want to keep your package environment safe, admins want your system kept safe
    • Servers, OS, R/Python, etc
  • Promotion matrix
    • IT/Admins can upgrade the environment separately from the data science tooling
    • IT/Admins like to call development and testing “staging”
  • This is where DevOps for Data Science starts to become regular DevOps
    • Infrastructure as code