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Development will be performed in SF2 both before and after the support packs have been applied. While the support packs are being applied to SF2, SF2 will be unavailable for development. If an emergency arises during this period, SF8 SH1 will be used for development.
Transport path SF8 -> SH1 -> SE1/PS1; SF2 ->SH2 (for regression testing) -> PS1 (with the support pack go live)
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The functional team must follow the standard QA Issue Resolution procedure, which includes the SAP mini-spec and associated test case documents.
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All transports must be associated with a Request Tracker (RT) ticket recorded in the Functional Team's Support queue and within the RT SAP::Test Issue queue under the project name 'SAP Support Pack 2015Packs 2016'. These transports must be triple tested twice, once in the production support path (SF8-> SH1), then in HANA upgrade path (SF2/HANA -> SH2/HANA) and then again in the Support Pack upgrade path (SF2 -> SH2), before the transport(s) can be imported into production.
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