an Agile project phase right before production deployment in which additional testing (such as performance and security testing) takes place that was not able to be accommodated in the Agile sprints.
— DevOps for the Modern Enterprise, Mirco Hering
hardening
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See also Agile · abstract environment configuration · bimodal IT · black box mode · build artifacts · canary testing
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