Part A: Your systems analysis team is close to completing a system for Meecham Feeds. Roger is quite confident that the programs that he has written for Meecham's inventory system will perform as necessary, because they are similar to programs he has done before. Your team has been very busy and would ideally like to begin full systems testing as soon as possible.
Two of your junior team members have proposed the following:

a) Skip desk checking of the programs (because similar programs were checked in other installations; Roger has agreed).

b) Do link testing with large amounts of data to prove that the system will work.

c) Do full systems testing with large amounts of live data to show that the system is working.

Respond to each of the three steps in their proposed test schedule. Use a paragraph to explain your response.

Part B: Mr. Bruce Schnieder, the owner of A&A Office Supplies Company, had contacted you for your advices on a new information system installed recently at his company to help improving his company inventory tasks. He told you that the team that came to install the system does not have any evaluation mechanism and he also mentioned to you that some of his employees had complained about the new system's inputs and outputs. Since he wants to obtain the inventory result of this quarter, he would like to delay or skip the new system evaluation and use the new system for inventory right away. Given the above conditions, he would like to have your advices on his decision and on the evaluation of his new system.

a) In a paragraph, explain to Mr. Schnieder about problems that can occur when a system is not evaluated systematically?

b) Devise a checklist or form that helps Mr. Schnieder's employees evaluate the utilities of the new information system. Suggest a second way to evaluate the information system, if any. Please be specific and explain your answers.