SYNERGY

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SYNERGY
Improving the Center for Small Business
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AGENDA

• CSB overview
• Intro to Mercury
• Test Plan for Mercury
• Integration Testing
• System Test
• Retesting
• Demo of Problems
• Team Analysis

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TOPICS THAT WILL NOT BE COVERED

• User Manual
• Current Budget Figures
• Unit Testing

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CENTER FOR SMALL BUSINESS OVERVIEW
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• Non-profit organization that offers free business
  consulting services
• Consulting done by CSUS business student teams
• New system will include a dynamic website, online
  application, and database

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OUR CLIENT

• Dennis H Tootelian, PhD
• Most recent meeting
• November 8, 2004
• Active part of Mercurys
• Development
• Excited about Mercurys
• Potential

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• Inspired by the Roman Messenger God
• A system that will improve efficiency and
  application processing speed

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TEST PLAN
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• Two System Approach
• Features Tested
• Features Not Tested
• Error Categories
• Testing is the measurement of software (system)
  quality. Hetzel, 1988

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INTEGRATION TESTS what is it?
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• Done after unit testing to determine the flow of
  control between classes.
• Ensures that system delivers expected results
• Focus is on user interface and use-case

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INTEGRATION TESTS why do it?
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• Determines if classes interact correctly and test
  whether the exchange of data is handled correctly
• Identifies problems that cannot be tested
  individually

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INTEGRATION TESTS how do you start?
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• Begin with collaborations used to support highest
  priority use cases
• Test by using several real-world scenarios and
  test data
• Identifies differences in understanding of
  business requirement, fields are defined
  differently, and differences in field type

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SYSTEM TESTS what is it?
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• Similar to Integration Testing but broader in
  scope
• 5 types of system tests
• Requirements Testing
• Usability Testing
• Security Testing
• Performance Testing
• Documentation Testing

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SYSTEM TESTS why do it?
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• System Tests ensure that all classes work
  together without errors.
• Tests used for Mercury
• Requirements Testing
• Usability Testing
• Security Testing

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SYSTEM TESTS how do you start?
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• Check whether the system matches the requirements
  of the original business requirements.
  Requirements Testing is complete
• Check how convenient the system is to use.
  Usability Testing complete.
• Check whether security measures put in place are
  working and that a disaster recovery plan is in
  order. Security Testing is complete.

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RETEST
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• WHAT
• Quality control testing done in the end to ensure
  bugs have been fixed.
• Done after modifications have been made
• WHY
• Verifies that modified source code still comply
  with requirements
• Verifies that unmodified code functions correctly
  with modified code

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RETEST cont.
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• How
• Similar steps as other types of testing
• Does the modified source code meet the system
  requirements?
• Does the unmodified source code still function
  correctly?

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DEMO OF THE PROBLEMS WITH MERCURY
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• Front end
• Back end

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TEAM UPDATE
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• On time
• On target
• On cost
• TEAM SATISFACTION

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QUESTIONS?
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