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Creation of a Test solution

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    Note: In the absence of a dedicated test phase, the actions typically associated with such a phase will be consolidated into a single “go-live” project, whereby all tasks are executed collectively. It is crucial to confirm the feasibility of this approach early in our project discussions, should it be deemed necessary.

    The creation of a test solution would entail the following :-

    •    A complete build of all CCH software and data into your new environment to support testing.
    o    Excluding CCH One Click which cannot exist in a test mode.
    o    Excluding CCH iFirm which cannot exist in a test mode.

    In preparing to build your test solution-:

    •    Data availability will be the primary concern to allow the build to proceed.
    •    It should be decided who will take ownership of the task to deliver data to the test platform in readiness for restore.

    The test solution will-:

    •    Install and configure the SQL software alongside associated data.
    •    Install and configure CCH software and services.
    •    Rollout test end user access.

    Feedback from your test group should be collected, this can then be assessed into the following categories:

    -    Environment change required, this would typically encapsultate operating system, regional or other settings outside of the CCH software itself.
    -    Issue caused by test phase configuration, such as One Click not available or full data synchronisation not completed for file shares.
    -    Issue requires redress during test to allow test to continue.
    -    Issue will be resolved at go-live.

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