Decide on preliminary acceptance
Purpose
Preliminary acceptance creates the basis for the execution of deployment measures as well as the subsequent launch of operation with acceptable risks.
Basic idea
Quality assurance measures such as tests and inspections are carried out in advance for preliminary acceptance. Preliminary acceptance gives users, developers, and operators the assurance that the transfer of the solution to the new state will most likely be successful.
HERMES specific
Preliminary acceptance is planned early by all those involved. The acceptance criteria are agreed jointly in accordance with the deployment concept.
Basics
Activities
- Determine the organization and general conditions for preliminary acceptance.
- Check realized deployment measures and emergency organization.
- Add further criteria to the preliminary acceptance checklist.
- Prepare preliminary acceptance in technical and organizational terms.
- Perform preliminary acceptance and record findings.
- Analyze and classify findings (e.g. by defect category, new requirements).
- Make formal decision on preliminary acceptance.