Devise and apply testing procedures

Know how to devise and also to apply procedures which can be used to fairly and accurately compare and contrast several options which are intended to deliver the same thing.

Knowledge Node Summary

Testing procedures must be constructed to be methodical and relatively simple and they must not favour one or more of the options to be evaluated or tested. For instance, a testing procedure to evaluate the best car which simply tested the cars speed would simply favour the fastest car and not necessarily the one most suitable for its purpose. This example also illustrates the problems which will be encountered when several independent measures must be combined to provide an overall assessment.

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The knowledge named 'Devise and apply testing procedures' is considered to be rather important.
In addition, the knowledge is thought to be fairly justifiable knowledge, and is learned with an even study experience balance.
The learn time for this node given an understanding of the prerequisites, is about 6 months. The estimated learn time for the entire knowledge structure of this node is about 1 year.