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Objective
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To stabilise the IT environment by reducing the number of issues introduced by changes.
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Project
Description
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The University currently has ad hoc user testing environments but no environment where full integrated end to end testing can occur. This means that the impact on systems when another system is changed cannot be fully assessed. The purpose of this project is to use the Disaster Recovery Facility for this purpose (when it is not required for DR purposes). It is assumed that technical testing by IT Services has been completed prior to being handed over to the UAT environment (refer STAB13 ITS Test Environment).
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Key Outputs
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- Testing policy agreed by MIS Managers Committee and System Owners and approved by Director IT Services.
- Relevant principals for a Information Privacy Policy approved by COO.
- Testing procedures to support the agreed testing policy.
- Testing tools.
- Test models and test data.
- Ability to refresh test data in accordance with policy.
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Project
Schedule
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Project due to commence in 2008. Detailed schedule yet to be developed. Must be completed prior to transitioning support of the production environment to a Managed Services third party (if this proceeds), so that testing can occur without impacting the production environment. This will require the environment to be available by no later than end Q3 2008.
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Project
Dependencies
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Project
Responsibility
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Project Sponsor : Mary Sharp, Director IT Services
Senior ITS Manager : William Schabath, Consulting Services Manager
Project Manager : Brian Farquhar
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Relevant Documentation
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Project Status
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As at 22 July 2008
Project has started off with initial stakeholder meetings and a draft “straw man” testing process document taken from international sources has been used as a starting point for Macquarie University’s testing process.
As at 30 December 2007
Has not commenced.
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