Operational Resource

Go up to Terms and Definitions

An Operational Resource is a Resource used to perform or support an operational activity.

An Operational Resource can include:

• A person
• An Organization
• A Node
• A Node Set
• A service
• A software component
• A physical machine
• A virtual machine
• A container
• A network
• A storage facility
• A database
• An Execution Facility
• A Deployment Target
• A test instrument
• A communication facility
• An external system
• Another resource required to conduct or support operations

An Operational Resource can identify:

• Its identity
• Its name
• Its description
• Its type
• Its Version
• Its owner
• Its operator
• Its applicable Roles
• Its provided capabilities
• Its required capabilities
• Its interfaces
• Its applicable Endpoints
• Its dependencies
• Its configuration
• Its availability
• Its capacity
• Its operational status
• Its applicable Governance Policies
• Its Provenance
• Its Traceability

A Test Environment can contain, identify, allocate, configure, or provide access to Operational Resources required for Test Execution.

Resource used to perform or support an operational activity

Adapted from:

• Resource
• Test Environment
• DIDO Reference Architecture
• DIDO Reference Implementation Conceptual Model
• DIDO-TE draft Requirements Register

Every Operational Resource is a Resource. A Resource is not necessarily an Operational Resource.

A Resource becomes an Operational Resource when an operational activity uses or depends on it.

An Operational Resource differs from a Test Environment:

• An Operational Resource performs or supports an operational activity
• A Test Environment identifies the conditions, configurations, dependencies, and Operational Resources required to conduct testing

An Operational Resource differs from a Deployment Target:

• An Operational Resource performs or supports an operational activity
• A Deployment Target provides a destination for installing, configuring, or activating a deployable artifact

The same resource can satisfy both definitions.

An Operational Resource differs from an Execution Facility:

• An Operational Resource performs or supports an operational activity
• An Execution Facility interprets or performs Executable Instructions

Every Execution Facility used operationally is an Operational Resource. An Operational Resource is not necessarily an Execution Facility.

An Operational Resource can be:

• Dedicated or shared
• Permanent or temporary
• Local or remote
• Physical or virtual
• Human-operated or automated
• Internal or external to the system

A DIDO-TE Test Environment uses the following Operational Resources:

• Three Nodes forming a Node Set
• A container runtime
• A test automation service
• A database
• A communication network
• An Artifact Repository
• A monitoring service
• A User acting in the Test Operator Role

Each Operational Resource supports the applicable Test Execution and appears in the resulting Test Run record.