Chapter 3. Testing and Lab Strategy Development

This chapter covers the following topics:

Cost Analysis and Resource Planning

Test Organization Financing Models

Outsourced Testing

Test Lab Facilities Design

Test Lab Operations

Chapter 1, “A Business Case for Enterprise Network Testing,” examined the significant role that an IT infrastructure plays in enabling revenue growth and driving cost efficiencies in a business. In the process of considering this role, we examined the monetary costs of IT service outages to a business, and found that they are often the result of network problems caused by unverified changes or unpredictable behavior during equipment or software failure. Chapter 2, “Testing Throughout the Network Lifecycle,” went ...

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