No testing test data source production data if test

No.
Testing?
Test data source? Production
data.
If test data, does that data source have to be
created?
Is portlet or data source likely to be
performance-sensitive?
Multiple queries of
multiple databases of
data that cannot be
cached are a
performance-
sensitive portlet. Be
sure to test the portal
with and without
performance-
sensitive portlets to
understand their
impacts.
Yes.
Caching?
Cacheable? Yes.
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Same cache for all users? Cache is same
for all users.
Will you cache data feed? Yes.
Will you allow caching in portlet.xml? Yes.
Will you use the WebSphere Application
Server dynamic caching system
(dynacache)?
This enables
command caching of
database queries,
dynamic Java object
caching of JSPs,
servlets and so on,
and edge caching.
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Solution assurance checklist
This document is to be completed by the customer and meant to assist the IBM subject
matter expert (SME) and the quality assurance specialist in preparation for and during an IBM
Solution Assurance Review.
In the following tables, include the names of specialists responsible for approving the item or
providing information, use cross references to the action items list at the end of this
document, and include brief comments if appropriate, for example, “specialist x has read the
proposal and confirms that the proposed solution meets the requirement.” If there is no
information available for a particular requirement, the review should assume the requirement
will be onerous/high.
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Table D-1 Solution Assurance Review checklist: Customer requirements
Table D-2 Solution Assurance Review checklist: Product capability
Activity:
Customer requirements
Y/
N
Factors
increasing
risk
Factors
reducing risk
Task
owner
Due date
Customer organization and executive sponsor
identified?
Assumptions and customer risks understood
and documented?
Customer's present business
environment/background understood and
documented?
Customer's baseline requirements:
Functional
Operational
Performance
Scalability and workload understood,
documented, and signed off?
Business process integration requirements
understood and documented?
Web content management requirements
understood and documented?
Conditions of satisfaction and acceptance
criteria are known, documented, and agreed?
Business benefits and drivers understood and
documented?
Staffing/resources available to support this
solution?
Discuss a readiness plan with the customer
before implementing WebSphere Portal V5.1.
Activity:
Product capability
Y/
N
Factors
increasing
risk
Factors
reducing risk
Task
owner
Due date
Have the overall
architecture and software
products
needed to support the solution been
determined?