Test Methodology

February 1998 / BYTE Software Lab Report / Team-Building on the Fly / Test Methodology

Each product was set up on a 166-MHz Pentium system with 32 MB of RAM and plenty of hard disk space running Windows NT Server 4.0. TeamWave Software's TeamWave Workplace was also tested on a 200-MHz Pentium II PC running Windows 95. The NT Server 4.0 machine also ran Micro soft Internet Information Server (MSIE) and Lotus Domino Server -- although not at the same time, since both provide Web-server support.
Client PCs ran Windows 95 with Internet Explorer 3.02 and 4.0, as well as Netscape Navigator 3.x and 4.x. Instinctive Technology's eRoom needed Navigator 3.x and Internet Explorer 3.02. The TeamWave Workplace client is a stand-alone application.
Testing of each product began with user creation and notification. Most of the products provide these features in one step. I then created multiple work areas for fictitious groups. One group was responsible for software development, with multiple versions of multiple application files to track. The same group area was made available to beta users in a read-only form. I also set up a marketing group with multiple brainstorming and discussion sections. The brainstorming sessions included at least one vote or poll with multiple questions, and I used meeting scheduling, where available, for all areas where it was needed.

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