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| the development, installation and testing of system components. |
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| the installation and delivery of the entire system into production. |
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| a test performed on an entire program |
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| a test performed on an entire system. |
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| a test performed on the final system wherein users conduct verification, validation, and audit test. |
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| a test performed to ensure a new system is ready to be placed into operation. |
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| The throughput and response time for processing. |
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| Peak workload processing performance |
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| The ability for a system to perform during peek processing periods. |
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| Test the ability for users to learn and use the system. |
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| Methods and Procedures test |
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| Tests to see if methods and procedures have to be modified if they prove to be awkward and inefficient from the end users' standpoint. |
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| Backup and recovery testing |
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| the testing of backup and recovery procedures. Simulating a data loss disaster. |
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| On a specific date (usually a date that coincides with an official business period such as month, quarter or fiscal year), the old system is terminate and the new system is placed into operation. This is a high-risk approach but no transition costs. |
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| Under this approach, both the old and new systems are operated for some time period. This ensures that all major problems in the new system have been solved before the old system is discarded. The final cut-over may be either abrupt or gradual. This strategy minimizes the risk of major flaws in the new system. High Cost. |
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| When the same system will be used in numerous geographic locations, it is usually converted at one location first. |
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| Like location conversion, staged conversion is a variation on the abrupt and parallel conversions. A staged conversion is based on the version concept introduced earlier. Each successive version of the new system is converted as it is developed. Each version may be converted using the abrupt, parallel, or location strategy. |
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| Runs the system in a simulated environment using simulated data. (alpha testing). |
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| a test performed on a subset of a program. |
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| Team consists of a Chief Programmer who takes responsibility for program design strategy, standards, and construction. A backup chief programmer, program librarian, programmers and specialists. |
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| test all possible events and responses |
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| database structure is implemented but data has not been loaded. |
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