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DSA accepts the CPI bid and sets the date to begin the formal development pro-
cess for the new automated DSA Certifi cate Processing System (DCPS).

13.3 ANALYSIS STAGE

13.3.1 Initial Meetings and Conclusions

CPI holds several Analysis stage meetings with the DSA management to formulate
an appropriate high-level technical approach for the DCPS. The following initial
analysis conclusions are reached:

1. The new certifi cate software will be implemented using an off-the-shelf da-

tabase management system that provides simple navigation menus, screen
management, structured data storage and retrieval, and formatted printing
of records.
No prior technical experience will be required to operate the new certifi cate
software.
Although there can be fl exibility in the screen designs and database structure,
the print format must align exactly with the Colorado State approved continu-
ous-form blank certifi cates already stockpiled in quantity by DSA.
In addition to the normal monitor, keyboard, mouse, and multifont printer, the
workstations will need largest available capacity hard disks for certifi cate ar-
chives and high-volume tape drives for regular archive backups and searches.
Because all the workstations will be located in a lockable DSA offi ce and
none of the workstations will be connected to computers outside of the DSA
offi ce, chassis lock and key is a suffi cient security measure to keep the DAS
certifi cate data safe from intrusion and theft.
The workstations will be connected peer-to-peer for the simplest fi le-sharing
operations possible with the least amount of computer equipment possible (no
network servers) and no required technical staff (network administrators).
The only new computer hardware needed will be desktop PC workstations
that replace the current typewriter stations one for one.

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This is the fi rst computer application for DSA beyond simple clerical activities, so
everything about the system will be new to DSA management and staff. They will not
have any experience with prior computer systems that can be leveraged when designing
or learning the DCPS. The only computer experience on the project will come from
CPI and the previous business systems that CPI teams have implemented.
You are the test team manager for CPI. You have been included in all the Analy-
sis stage meetings to date as an observer. This meeting participation allows you to
gain an initial understanding of the issues and decisions around the DCPS. During
the Analysis meetings, you reach for a blank testing strategy chessboard and start
making notes. As the fi rst round of Analysis stage meetings with DSA concludes,
your testing strategy chessboard looks like Figure 13.1.