Acceptance Test Plan

Background

Each MAMS Mini-Grant Round-2 project involves establishing IdPs and SPs in the MAMS Testbed Level-2 Federation.

In order to confirm the delivery of outcomes described in the project proposals, MAMS will conduct acceptance tests during the final stage of the MAMS minigrant round 2 projects (December 2006), prior to the final minigrant funding payment.

Acceptance Test Procedure Overview

Minigrant deliverables acceptance tests will involve:

Access to a MAMS test SP (attribute 'reflector' service) by MAMS test users provisioned in each of the established IdPs

Access to SPs established during the project by the MAMS test users in the IdPs, including access to services as agreed by the SP administrators for test purposes.

Access to SPs established during the project by test users provisioned in a MAMS IdP , including access to services as agreed by the SP administrators for test purposes.

A precise definition of the acceptance test objectives will be achieved during the course of the project.

Following agreement on test objectives and procedures, the acceptance test procedure will be documented by MAMS and provided to the minigrant Project Manager.

Conduct of Acceptance Tests

At an agreed time, acceptance tests will be conducted jointly by the MAMS Programme Manager, MAMS Project Manager and MAMS Technical Contact for minigrant round 2 projects.

MAMS Programme Manager: Neil Witheridge nwitheridge@melcoe.mq.edu.au

MAMS Technical Contact: support@federation.org.au

Following acceptance testing, results will be provided to the respective minigrant project manager.