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U -- EDUCATION AND TRAINING SERVICES Due 073195. Contact Michael T. Maritn, Procurement Specialist Staff, 612/851-1133, Contracting Officer, Donald Jones, Manager, 612/851-1188. Sources sought (RFI) for training on software customer acceptance testing (CAT). Target audience is HRIS group conducting CAT, no programmer/developer level. Course materails: definition of CAT; acceptance testing (AT) for a complex mainframe; relating AT to system development life cycle; CAT test plan design, prep. & maint. to include characteristics of a good test plan; test case design; creating test data; testing tools (manual/automated); prioritizing testing efforts to maximize return in short timeframes; documenting/evaluating test resuls; regression testing. Technical questions are to be directed to Laura Runge (612) 725-1045. (191)

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