Installation and Migration
Transfer of data between different formats, storage types and computer systems.
What is Data Migration?
Process of shifting individuals, teams, departments, and organizations form the present state to a desired state.
What is Change Management?
Purpose of a New System.
What is replacing a system that is inefficient, no longer suitable for its original purpose, redundant, or outdated?
Systematic process of finding and correcting the number of bugs (errors) in a computer program.
What is Debugging?
Process of putting the new system online and retiring the old one.
What is Changeover?
Goals of Change Management.
What is to guarantee that all stakeholders accept and embrace changes in their work environments; to maximize benefits and minimize negative impacts of change on individuals?
Includes hardware, software, people working with it or using it and the immediate environment.
What is a Computer System?
Tests individual commands, text input, menu functions, etc. and confirms that they perform and function correctly.
What is Functional Testing?
Process to implement a new system where both the new and old system work together for a period of time to reduce risk but increases cost.
What is Parallel Changeover?
This type of hosting is usually used on a company's premises and is more appropriate for a large and complex system.
What is a Locally Hosted System?
Process of thinking about various details and organizing the activities required to achieve the desired goal.
What is Planning?
Old technology, hardware, computer system, or application program.
What is a Legacy System?
Normal, abnormal, and extreme data is put through the system.
What is Data Testing?
Risky process of implementing a new system where the old system is unplugged the same time that the new system is plugged in.
What is Big Bang or Direct Changeover?
Type of hosting where the administration wishes to outsource responsibilities for maintenance, support, backups, security, etc. Usually used when there is no necessary equipment in place.
A study conducted to decide whether a project should be pursued by analyzing its potential.
What is a Feasibility Study?
Combining of 2 or more business entities.
What is a Business Merger?
What is Verification?
Process of implementation where one module of the system is converted at a time. Extends the training period and reduces risk.
What is Phased Changeover?
Contemporary delivery method that hosts and manages software and data on a remote data center paid for on a subscription basis.
What is SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) OR "On-demand Software"?
Acronym that includes the types of feasibility.
Situation where different systems or software cannot operate well on the same computer or network.
What is Software Incompatibility?
Testing a system using pen-and-paper by the programmer mentally running the algorithm.
What is Dry-run Testing?