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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Prepare test environment and gather tools
   • Determine structure of system and user accounts to understand the test environment
   • Determine areas to test and test objectives, according to organisational standards
   • Ensure accessibility of documentation
   • Notify user representatives or approval authorities of objectives and scheduled test
   • Notify operations staff of scheduled test to ensure preparedness and an understanding of implications
2. Prepare test data
   • Gather test schedules according to organisational standards
   • Correlate schedules with related functionality according to organisational standards
   • Check testing schedule prior to validation according to organisational standards
   • Prepare test drivers or stubs for test harness according to organisational standards
   • Register test plan and initiate log entries according to organisational standards
3. Complete test plan and acceptance processes
   • Use software metrics where appropriate
   • Validate test and acceptance processes
   • Ensure documentation and reporting comply with test plan and quality benchmarks

Performance Evidence

Evidence of the ability to:

interpret software specifications

develop a comprehensive test plan that documents:

test conditions or cases to be applied

data to be processed

automated testing coverage

expected results

activities, dependencies and effort required to conduct the system test.

Note: Evidence must be provided for at least TWO systems.

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Knowledge Evidence

To complete the unit requirements safely and effectively, the individual must:

describe key features of at least three different operating systems, with detailed knowledge of operating systems relevant to project requirements

compare and contrast key features of automated test tools, with detailed knowledge of features and processes of tools relevant to the project

discuss organisational requirements, including a testing schedule

analyse system or application being tested

describe quality benchmarks appropriate for testing

describe testing techniques and process relevant to the project.

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