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<span style="font-size: 16px">The environment where the Software Under Test (SUT) has to run is complex</span><br /> <br />  
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<span style="font-size: 16px">The environment where the Software Under Test (SUT) has to run is complex</span>  
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<span style="font-size: 16px">Design</span><br /> <br />  
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<span style="font-size: 16px">Design</span>  
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<span style="font-size: 16px"> The problem range is:</span><br />  
 
<span style="font-size: 16px"> The problem range is:</span><br />  
 
 
# <span style="font-size: 16px">Different systems (hardware or software) that interact in some way.</span>
 
# <span style="font-size: 16px">Different systems (hardware or software) that interact in some way.</span>
 
# <span style="font-size: 16px">Test data is hard to create due to the number of systems involved or a limited refresh cycle.</span>
 
# <span style="font-size: 16px">Test data is hard to create due to the number of systems involved or a limited refresh cycle.</span>
 
# <span style="font-size: 16px">You have to simulate some hardware</span>
 
# <span style="font-size: 16px">You have to simulate some hardware</span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px">Where does the complexity lie? In preparing the initial conditions? Test execution? Checking the results? Dependencies?</span><br /> <span style="font-size: 16px">How do you collect the necessary data?</span>  
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px">Where does the complexity lie? In preparing the initial conditions? Test execution? Checking the results? Dependencies?</span><br /> <span style="font-size: 16px">How do you collect the necessary data?</span><br /> <br />  
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<span style="font-size: 16px"> Most recommended:</span><br />  
 
<span style="font-size: 16px"> Most recommended:</span><br />  
 
 
* <span style="font-size: 16px">[[DO A PILOT]]: use this pattern to find out what the problems are and ways to tackle them</span>
 
* <span style="font-size: 16px">[[DO A PILOT]]: use this pattern to find out what the problems are and ways to tackle them</span>
 
* <span style="font-size: 16px">[[TAKE SMALL STEPS]]: use this pattern to break up the problems in more chewable chunks</span>
 
* <span style="font-size: 16px">[[TAKE SMALL STEPS]]: use this pattern to break up the problems in more chewable chunks</span>
 
* <span style="font-size: 16px">[[THINK OUT-OF-THE-BOX]]: try to look at the problem from unusual viewpoints</span>
 
* <span style="font-size: 16px">[[THINK OUT-OF-THE-BOX]]: try to look at the problem from unusual viewpoints</span>
<br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: 16px">Other useful patterns:</span><br />  
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<br /><span style="font-size: 16px">Other useful patterns:</span><br />  
 
 
 
* <span style="font-size: 16px">[[KEEP IT SIMPLE]]: this pattern is always helpful</span>
 
* <span style="font-size: 16px">[[KEEP IT SIMPLE]]: this pattern is always helpful</span>
 
* <span style="font-size: 16px">[[ SHARE INFORMATION]]: use this pattern for better communication between development, testing and automation </span>
 
* <span style="font-size: 16px">[[ SHARE INFORMATION]]: use this pattern for better communication between development, testing and automation </span>
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Issue summary

The environment where the Software Under Test (SUT) has to run is complex

Category

Design

Examples

The problem range is:

  1. Different systems (hardware or software) that interact in some way.
  2. Test data is hard to create due to the number of systems involved or a limited refresh cycle.
  3. You have to simulate some hardware

Questions

Where does the complexity lie? In preparing the initial conditions? Test execution? Checking the results? Dependencies?
How do you collect the necessary data?

Resolving Patterns

Most recommended:

  • DO A PILOT: use this pattern to find out what the problems are and ways to tackle them
  • TAKE SMALL STEPS: use this pattern to break up the problems in more chewable chunks
  • THINK OUT-OF-THE-BOX: try to look at the problem from unusual viewpoints


Other useful patterns:


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