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When a new release is announced, the customer should begin their preparations. As a best practice, Pricefx recommends that these steps be performed:
Selection of Testers and Scheduling Upgrade Testing
Selection of a cross-section of skills (business users, administrators, technical, etc) to fully test all aspects of the application against the identified upgrades to the Pricefx core application. Ensure that individuals selected can commit a percentage of their time to this process.
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LEARN MORE: To learn more about selecting release testers and scheduling upgrade testing, click here. |
Scheduling Upgrade Testing
Ensure that all selected testers have allocated and reserved the appropriate amount of time for performing their specific upgrade testing. The amount of time to allocate to this task will be dependent upon the volume and complexity of their test use cases.
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LEARN MORE: To learn more about scheduling upgrade testing, click here. |
Upgrade System Accessibility
All of the testers will need access to the QA system where the upcoming upgrade has been deployed. Ensure that all access credentials have been defined and all testers are aware of the correct partition to be used for their upgrade testing.
Create Upgrade Test Cases
Prepare the complete set of test cases for upgrade testing. Each test case should follow a standard format and structure:
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LEARN MORE: To learn more about creating upgrade acceptance tests and to view examples of them, click here. |