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Enterprise Network Testing: Testing Throughout the Network Lifecycle to Maximize Availability and Performance
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Enterprise Network Testing: Testing Throughout the Network Lifecycle to Maximize Availability and Performance

by Andy Sholomon, Tom Kunath
April 2011
Intermediate to advanced
504 pages
14h 25m
English
Cisco Press
Content preview from Enterprise Network Testing: Testing Throughout the Network Lifecycle to Maximize Availability and Performance

Chapter 4. Crafting the Test Approach

This chapter covers the following topics:

Motivations for Different Types of Testing

Test Scoping

Test Planning

Choosing the Right Test Tools

Writing the Test Plan

Chapter 1, “A Business Case for Enterprise Network Testing,” stressed the importance of assessing the business reasons for testing as your first step in crafting an effective test approach. In the same way that a network designer would be foolish to specify equipment or make technical recommendations without prior knowledge of customer requirements, a test engineer would be misguided to attempt writing a test plan without first understanding the triggers, scope, motives, and expectations for the test initiative. By rushing ahead and skipping ...

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