Delivering

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Testing• Testing comprise of :

Alpha Testing Beta Testing Polishing to Gold (Final Release)

Alpha Testing vs Beta Testing• Alpha Testing Tested at developer site by customer. Developer "looks over shoulder" and records errors & usage

problems. Tests are conducted in a controlled environment but outside the

development organization. Simulated or actual operational testing by potential users,

customers or an independent test team at the developers 'site.• Beta Testing Conducted at one or more customer sites by end user of

software. Live application environment cannot be controlled by developer. Customer records all problems encountered and reports to

developer at regular intervals. Often employed as a form of external acceptance testing for off-

the-shelf software in order to acquire feedback from the market.

Polishing to Gold (Final Release) Release Candidate (RC) - Refers to a version with potential to be a final

product, ready to release unless fatal bugs emerge. RTM - Known as “Release To Manufacturing" or “Release To Marketing”- Means the software is actually being released to manufacturers, for pre-

installation on ready machines, or for the manufacturer to adjust the software for their manufactured hardware and settings.

- RTM often regards to software release.

Software Development and Release Stages

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_release_life_cycle

Prerequisites for Delivering a Product

Choice 2: Provide well-written documentationInstallation process Step-by-step instructions Discussion of potential

problems Relate to target platforms In README.TXT @ ReadMeFirst.

Choice 3: Set up product-related web sites ( Wide distribution project)Product-related web sites Software registration Bug reporting technical

support program upgrades

ContinueChoice 3: Set up product-related web sites ( Wide distribution

project)Product-related web sites Software registration Bug

reporting technical support program upgrades

Choice 4: File ArchivesOne or More than One File In Project Compressed Single

File

Choice 5: Self-Extracting Achieves Self-Extracting Achieves Delivering Project On Disc In

Compressed Disc Form

Choice 6: Compressed FileUse Compressing Tools Shareware or Commercial Utility

Programs To Compressed or Decompressed Files

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Packing• Packing is an important area where sales and marketing issues

extend the process of making multimedia into the real world of end user.

• Project for own use, may not need the complex design packing.

• Project for a client or for the web, may simply need to deliver it on any sufficient storage media or upload it to a server.

• Project for wider distribution within a large company or organization, may need to think more deeper about packing.

Packing for the project of large company• Must made a title, put the name of title

on the front face and on the spine of the package.

• Use photo-quality images and high-caliber artwork for the front.

• For the cover, it should reflect the content and function of the enclosed product, and also follow normal rules for good design layout.

• For the company’s logo, it should be prominent.

Continue• Shrink-wrapped the packages with thin plastic to

protect them from fingerprints and pilferage while delivering.

• There is additional artwork after shrink-wrap:– Bright stickers which can be effective eye-catchers.– Holographic stickers which use to identify product

and to prevent unauthorized bootleg copies from reaching the marketplace.

Delivering on the World Wide Web• As simple as renaming a directory or

transferring a group of files to a web.• Project to be success, many technical

considerations:– Better security control– Better integration– Fine-tune the server’s configuration

parameters– Access

Continue• Need a full-time webmaster – pay for a high-

bandwidth connection directly to the internet.• Control of server – provide secure commerce service

for credit card transaction, encryption and password, special databases, and custom CGI programming.

Continue• If a project reside at a side hosted by an

Internet Service Provider(ISP), then must discover the service's limitations and design the project by surrounded with those limitations.

• Internet directories like Yahoo, and searching engines like Google, are important components of the Web’s “how-to-find-it” functionality and power: using meta tags.

• Project must register with search engines and can be easily found.

Summary• Fully test a project on as many platform as possible,

including heavily loaded, highly expanded system.• The majority of multimedia products sold into retail

and business channels are delivered on CD-ROM.• Packing is an important consideration in marketing a

project.• Delivering multimedia projects built for the World

Wide Web can be as simple as transferring files to a Web server.

SummaryFully test a project on as many platform as possible, including heavily loaded, highly expanded system.The majority of multimedia products sold into retail and business channels are delivered on CD-ROM.Packing is an important consideration in marketing a project.Delivering multimedia projects built for the World Wide Web can be as simple as transferring files to a Web server.

Delivering

Education

alpha testing

beta testing

gold final release