HRS 4.11 Managment Summary
Phase I - System Preparation
During phase I, EIT
prepared a test environment to support the new release of
the Human Resource System (HRS 4.11).
Phase II - Batch Testing by
EIT
Once a suitable
test environment was established, EIT proceeded with
internally
testing batch cycles. This batch testing insures that SCT software
processes data without abending or producing major
discrepancies.
Phase III - On-line
Screen Testing (October 21st thru November 1st)
The purpose of this
phase is to focus on screen functionality. Screens
considered were those mention in release notes and those
used during normal operations in each functional area. Phase
three provided an opportunity for technical staff, EIT and
Business Systems Support, to shadow the user community. The
users educated technical staff on the business use of each
on-line screen. The technical staff provided system usage
expertise and support for any corrective actions that may be
required.
Phase IV -
Parallel Testing (November 4th thru November 14th)
The most exact form
of testing is parallel testing. The data are fed into both
computer systems, operational data in the current running
production system and restored operational data established
in the test environment. If the data are handled the same
way in both systems, there is a much higher level of
confidence that the new release processes data as expected.
Business System Support will act as a liaison between each
functional area and EIT to help facilitate/coordinate
parallel testing. During this parallel testing, EIT will provide a test environment that can be
used to compare processing with production. EIT will provide
output from each environment, test and production, for
comparison by the user community. The user community will
review both production and test output to insure the results
reconcile.
Phase V - Break the
System (November 4th thru November 27th)
Testing on-line data entry with batch
processing takes a deeper look at the new release. Up to now
efforts have been made to test for what we know. This phase
provides a challenge to break the system (i.e. what's
unexpected or not known). Business System
Support will act as a liaison between each functional area
and EIT to help facilitate/coordinate testing needs. The users will
submit test plans to BSS, enter test
case scenarios and audit output, and EIT will provide batch processing support.
Phase VI - HRS 4.11
Implementation (November 28th thru December 1st)
The new release of
HRS 4.11 will be implemented by EIT. EIT will use their
implementation plan to move HRS release 4.11 into the
production environment.
Phase VII - System
Implementation Follow-up (December 2nd thru December 12th)
Business Systems
Support, EIT, and the user community will reserve time
during the two week period after implementation to closely
monitor the new release. Time will be needed to scrutinize
screen usage, review of output, batch processing logs, and
potential system failures.
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