# Best practice 2.4 – Build standard operating procedures for deployment, test, rollback, and backfill tasks
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 Standard operating procedures for deployment, test, rollback, and data backfill tasks allow faster deployments, reduce the number of errors that reach production. Using a standard approach also makes remediation easier if a deployment results in unintended consequences. 

## Suggestion 2.4.1 – Document and use standard operating procedures for implementing changes in your analytics workload
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 Standard operating procedures allow teams to make changes confidently, thus avoiding repeatable mistakes and reducing the chance of human error. 

## Suggestion 2.4.2 – Use automation to perform changes to underlying analytics infrastructure or application logic
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 Automated tests can determine when changes have unintended consequences and can roll back without human intervention.