Managing Software Development: Testing, Configuration Management, and RFP

Running head: ASSIGNMENT 1(S2 2018) 1
Managing software development
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Part 1- Testing
The acceptance test
Acceptance test involves a category of trial which is executed before a system is launched
to verify it pertaining the needs that were contracted upon and approve whether the system meets
the requirements that are consistent with the specifications made (Braude, & Bernstein, 2016).
This article will be an influential document that will focus primarily on equipping a software
development organization with competence in meeting the needs of a university; the university
needs a system for online checking of student submission to detect plagiarism. To accomplish
the task, this paper will describe a user acceptance test that will ensure that the system function
as envisioned.
According to the needs of the university organization mentioned above, the specific
objectives of this articles are as stated:
 Testing strategy: will involve the procedure for conducting a valid test.
 Data conversion strategy: describes how the existing data will get migrated to the
testing platform.
 Test environment: involve a description of software and hardware requirements as well
as personnel included in the test.
Testing strategy
The test will use the Hewlett Packard Application Lifecycle Management tool to help in
the identification of defects which might be encountered (Novak, 2010). The tool will be given
to every participant. After the test execution, the default status will be reported to the technical

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team to address and mitigate the concerns which arise during the process (Wegener, Baresel, &
Sthamer, 2001). The test execution process is summarized in figure 1 below.
Figure 1: a summary of test execution process
Data conversion strategy
Various data conversion strategies will be applied in acceptance test (Seetharaman,
Saucier & Lamperillo, 2014). It will be essential to establish if the system ignores
bibliography/references that are adequately quoted as well as small matches of not more than
five words to determine the accuracy of the system. The system should also provide the
originality report within five to ten minutes after the paper is submitted upon test ( Röst et al.,
2016). However, resubmission should take up to 24 hours.
Test environment
The hardware requirement will be Intel 4th Generation Core i7 with 8 GB RAM and
64bit Microsoft Windows 7 (Abrahamsson, Salo, Ronkainen, & Warsta, 2017). The software,
however, will be Hewlett Packard Application Lifecycle Management. The participants who will
take part in the acceptance test process will be the university students and staffs (student
lecturers).
Assigning of Test
Cases
Step by step
Execution of of test
cases
Pass or Fail Status
Marked in HP ALM
Pass/Fail or Default
Status Report
Submitted to
Technical Team
Tecnical Team
Meets to Address
the Concern