As database teams grapple with shortening release cycles and tightening data protection laws, the need to deliver realistic and compliant test data to development quickly and safely is greater than ever.

Choosing the wrong test data provisioning approach can hamper development, drive down quality, risk non-compliance, and lead to escalating infrastructure costs.

In this paper, we review the most common approaches to provisioning test data to development, assess their capabilities for delivering realistic data, removing bottlenecks, and meeting data privacy and protection regulations, and share cases studies of organizations who have implemented successful processes.