Can I merge a site from pre-production with the content already in production - ALM query

Hi, I have a number of queries around the movement of content between environments in SP2010.
1) Move a site from production to test without the production data
Is the best option here to save the site as a template and don't tick the include content box? Or is it better to take a site collection backup and then restore it to the test environment.
2) Once I have my site in test is there any way I can make changes, then move the site back to production while still maintaining the production data?
I don't know how this would work but maybe there is a way somehow. Say for example the site has been modified in test such as adding new site columns or content types, how should this be deployed to production? Is it simply a matter of replicating all the
changes manually to production?
It would be useful to get some best practices around this topic. Thanks.

Hi Speedbird85,
This is depend the changes you need to move.
For empty or small sites, using site template can meet the requirement, you can consider using this.
Backup and move the content database between environment will lost production changes, this is not really recommended, if you keep the test environment update to date with production, you can use this way.
For kinds of changes move, there are various ways to sync the conent, like lists, master pages, css, etc. should be packaged in solution file, and deploy it between them.
Please find related information from following article:
SharePoint 2010: Copy production content to acceptance/test environment:
http://www.appdelivery.com/2012/09/sharepoint-2010-copy-production-content-to-acceptancetest-environment/
SharePoint 2013 Dev/Test/Production environment – Moving content:
http://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/78483/sharepoint-2013-dev-test-production-environment-moving-content
Thanks,
Qiao
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