Elements and Performance Criteria
- Determine scope and evaluation parameters
- Determine scope of the system evaluation
- Comply with organisational requirements when planning a ‘change of status’ test
- Review reason for the evaluation, its objectives, deliverables and key performance indicators, using appropriate capacity tools
- Plan and document status evaluation and factor in time, environment, internal and external issues
- Alert affected users if evaluation is likely to impact their operations
- Develop a plan for the evaluation and identify resources and methods to be used
- Carry out evaluation
- Organise required resources as outlined in the plan, and put in place manual or computerised evaluation methods
- Run evaluation process according to agreed scope and evaluation parameters
- Record status as per procedural parameters and plan
- Observe and document during evaluation the effects of changes to system status that are made, according to effect being evaluated
- Observe and record effects not listed and that may require further investigation
- Report on evaluation