Testing Standards

Area:

Miscellaneous

Topic:

Testing

Standard:

Testing of applications shall proceed in a standardized fashion.

Procedures:

Make parallel runs on changes, where appropriate.

Test all possible conditions.

The first production run of a program after it has been changed should be considered a test.

Use live data for final testing whenever possible.

Use test data whenever possible for all but final testing.

Test data used, both input and output, should be representative.

Minimize output during debugging.

Avoid using special forms until the final test run. Even with a final test run, avoid special forms where possible.

Do not migrate programs/JCL into production until it/they are ready.

Avoid using real data in test files.

Standards

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