Test Process and Definition

Test - Assess - Discern

(Discover --> Determine --> Decide)

Test/Discover

• to act on, investigate/inspect, apply/employ
• an actual item, in whole or in part,
• in order to discover/reveal/disclose
• its actual behavior, condition/status, impact/effect

Assess/Determine

with the intent to

compare the actual results to a predefined standard/expected result

Discern/Discuss/Decide

enabling a more informed decision on the path/course to success.

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Tom

Business Needs Test

BUSINESS NEEDS TEST - Thu 8/16/2007

1. Definition: A business produces beneficial products, services and experiences.
2. The business retains this privilege and authority as long as it abides by the moral, ethical and written laws of the land.
3. An authority determines what conditions will be produced.
   
   
4. Work must be done to produce these conditions.
5. Definition: Work is mental or physical activity which produces something of value.
6. Something of value must possess and exhibit specific conditions, static and dynamic.
   
   
7. Test occurs in the context of an authority determining how/whether to proceed.
   
8. Test provides information about a particular item.
   
9. Definition: A test is a focused disclosure of the actual condition of a particular item.

From Google Doc, Thoughts on Test