From a systems test perspective, you really ought to be using real data if
you possibly can. If the testing is being done in an environment which is
insufficiently secure/discreet (technical issues or staffing ones) then
you may have to provide the supplier/tester with real data which has been
anonymised.
Regards
Jim
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On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 14:51:01 +0100, Heath, Mark
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Probably an obvious query, but has anyone tested the view
that "live "data -
>that will in due course be put on a new system & "used" shouldn't be test
>run on that system? One view is that it will go on anyway so why worry,
>another is that its a different purpose - testing the system cf providing
a
>service.
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