Planning the right tests for year 2000 compliance

Given the dependence on human resource systems on effective date sequence, it is no surprise that many HR managers view the approaching turn of the century with trepidation. While requirements for feasible solutions vary by organizations, basic, general testing strategies are outlined that can be us...

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Published inHR Magazine (Alexandria, Va.) Vol. 43; no. 12; p. 36
Main Author Schuck, Nathan
Format Magazine Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Alexandria Society for Human Resource Management 01.11.1998
Subjects
Compliance
End users
Guidelines
Human resource management
Information systems
Legacy systems
Year 2000
United States > US
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Summary:Given the dependence on human resource systems on effective date sequence, it is no surprise that many HR managers view the approaching turn of the century with trepidation. While requirements for feasible solutions vary by organizations, basic, general testing strategies are outlined that can be used to generate a plan for testing system functions. A successful testing project should begin by defining the scope of the tests, and what they will measure, in order to determine what kind of test scripts will be created. The scope of Year 2000 testing can be broken down into 3 critical priorities: areas that directly determine whether the organization can continue to do business, whether business can be conducted using the existing procedures, and whether end users can conduct business easily and efficiently. The 5 phases of system testing are: 1. baseline testing, 2. unit testing, 3. system testing, 4. user acceptance testing, and 5. parallel testing.
ISSN:1047-3149