Test Data Requirements

Test data requirements

Earlier I have promised you folks that I would write about the list of requirements that we need to meet in all the stages of testing (in List of Requirements) and I guess I have already shared the testability requirements. In this section, I would talk about the requirements that are needed to set the test data in the staging server.

• Any production data loaded into the test environment is scrambled in a way that it still fits logically together but is impossible to link back to actual clients in the production database.
• Create a back-up and restore procedure which does not take longer than 4 working hours.
• Create a back-up and restore procedure which should be possible at least on a weekly basis with a lead time of 1 working day.
• A representative set of production(like) test data can be unloaded in the test environment.
• Back-up and restore procedures exist to back-up and release a partial or full data extract.
• Full Data refresh with scrambled production data is possible on request  with a lead time of at least 1 working week.
• Make sure a procedure to request for a data is implemented.

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