The value of stage/prod alignment

Question

I am a new community manager to a new community, and I noticed that stage and prod are not aligned. What are some specifics to the broader team on why alignment between environments is important?&nbsp;

brandyitalent · Answer

If the environments aren't in sync and changes continue to get made in one environment and not the other, then you'll eventually have to conduct a community wide audit to document the differences and get them synced back up. Doing a community wide audit could take up a lot of bandwidth and resources, so it's just something to consider.&nbsp;

mackenzie_italent · Answer

It's important to keep stage and prod aligned for several reasons, but a big reason would be the user experience. If a change is made in production and it isn't thoroughly tested, there is a possibility that the change made could take down the production environment, or give users access to areas they shouldn’t have access to.