Module 8, Activity 8.3

Part 1: Answer the Module Review Questions listed below. These questions were chosen to demonstrate your understanding and help you assess your progress.

 

1. Discuss why testing is so essential to the development of a new system, and explain how a test case relates to a test plan.
2. Compare and contrast unit testing, integration testing, system testing and acceptance testing.
3. Explain the difference between user documentation and system documentation. What are the reasons underlying the popularity of online documentation? Are there any limitations to online documentation? Explain.
4. What are the major components of a migration plan?
5. Compare and contrast the following:Direct conversion and parallel conversion.Pilot conversion, phased conversion, and simultaneous conversion.Modular conversion and whole-system conversion.
6. What are the three key roles in any change management initiative?

 

Part 2: Module Practice:

Develop a unit test plan for key functions of the

university’s library electronic database

.

http://guides.erau.edu/databases (use to find library)

Your answers should take a similar format to this

sample form

. (form attached)

       

Test Plan

Page

_

__

of ___

Program ID: _

AuthorSearch

_____

_______ Version Number: _

1

____

Tester: _

Johnson

_________

Date Designed : _

2/19

____ Date Conducted : _

2/26

_____

Results: Passed Open Items

Test ID: _6___ Requirement Addressed: _

Verify Author search

___

Objective:

Ensure that the interface retrieves the author name and retrieves his/her books correctly.

Test Cases

In

terface ID Data Field Value Entered

1)

REQ43

–

5.5

__

Author text box

____________

_________ __

blank

____________

2)

REQ43
–
5.5
__
Author text box

_____________

________

__aa

_____
_________

3)

REQ43
–
5.5
__
Author text box

_____________________

__123

_____________

4)

REQ43
–
5.5
__
Author text box
_____________________

__cornwell

_________

5)

REQ43
–
5.5
__
Author text box
_____________________

__CORNWELL

_____
_

6)

REQ43
–
5.5
__
Author text box
_____________________

__Cornwell

_________

Script

Expected Results/Notes

Cases 4, 5, 6 are valid; cases 1, 2, 3 are invalid and should produce an error message.

Actual Results/Notes

Cases 4, 5, 6 were acc

epted; cases 1, 2, 3 were rejected and produced a correct error message.

Test Plan Page ___ of ___
Program ID: _AuthorSearch____________ Version Number: _1____

Tester: _Johnson_________ Date Designed : _2/19____ Date Conducted : _2/26_____

Results: Passed Open Items

Test ID: _6___ Requirement Addressed: _Verify Author search___

Objective:

Ensure that the interface retrieves the author name and retrieves his/her books correctly.

Test Cases

Interface ID Data Field Value Entered
1) REQ43-5.5 __Author text box_____________________ __blank____________
2) REQ43-5.5 __Author text box_____________________ __aa______________
3) REQ43-5.5 __Author text box_____________________ __123_____________
4) REQ43-5.5 __Author text box_____________________ __cornwell_________
5) REQ43-5.5 __Author text box_____________________ __CORNWELL______
6) REQ43-5.5 __Author text box_____________________ __Cornwell_________

Script

Expected Results/Notes

Cases 4, 5, 6 are valid; cases 1, 2, 3 are invalid and should produce an error message.

Actual Results/Notes

Cases 4, 5, 6 were accepted; cases 1, 2, 3 were rejected and produced a correct error message.