February 7, 2002

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Lender Payment Process Redesign
Community Testing Conference Call

• February 7, 2002

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Testing Overview

• Introduction
• Project Schedule
• LAP Testing Schedule
• LAP Testing Information
• LaRS Testing Schedule
• LaRS Testing Information
• How to Participate

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Introduction

• The purpose of this document is to provide the
  community with information regarding the testing
  of the Lender Application Process (LAP) and the
  Lender Reporting System (LaRS).
• ED-SFA is requesting the assistance of the
  community in the LAP and LaRS testing efforts to
  ensure that the applications are fully functional
  and usable by the community.

• What is Needed from You
• If you are participating in community testing,
  you will be requested to perform testing within a
  certain timeframe.
• We are also requesting your feedback on the User
  Guides for LAP and LaRS. Drafts of these will be
  distributed to the community at large in advance
  of these testing efforts.
• If you encounter a problem or have a question
  during testing, we request that you document it
  and submit it according to the directions that
  will provided in your testing packet.

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Introduction (cont.)

• Before making either LAP or LaRS available to the
  community for testing, ED-SFA will thoroughly
  test the applications ourselves. Our testing
  efforts will include
• Unit Testing During Unit Test, our developers
  test every piece of code in each of the screens
  and other system components to ensure that
  everything functions according to the detailed
  system design.
• System Testing During System Test, individuals
  who did not develop the code test the logic and
  functionality of the system as a whole, including
  its integration with the ED-SFA financial
  environment. This testing ensures that the
  system meets the defined requirements.
• Performance Testing During Performance Test,
  ED-SFA will run large quantities of data through
  the system and will simulate large numbers of
  concurrent users to ensure that the system can
  handle the maximums that were specified in the
  requirements. Performance testing may be
  performed in a separate environment at the same
  time as community testing.

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Project Schedule
Project Start Up
Requirements Gathering
Detail Design
LAP Build
Community completes OPA, Security forms and
LAP
LAP Test
Lender Payment Process Redesign
LAP Deployment
LaRS Build
LaRS Test
LaRS Deployment
Training
Conversion Support
Operations Maintenance
Today
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LAP Testing Schedule
LAP testing participants must volunteer by COB
2/11/2002. LAP testing participants will receive
a testing packet containing instructions and
testing scripts by 3/8/2002. LAP testing will be
conducted 3/18/2002 3/22/2002. Scripted
testing must be completed by 3/20/2002.
Unscripted testing may be performed until
3/22/2002.
Please note dates are approximate, and will be
confirmed in future communications to test
participants.
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LAP Testing Information

• What can we test?
• Participants will be able to complete the Lender
  Application form online for a new lender, a new
  servicer, or a new lender/trustee, and to
  update/verify information for an existing lender,
  servicer, or lender/trustee.
• How will we test?
• Participants will be provided with testing
  scripts which must be executed by the end of day
  3/20/2002. Different participants will have
  different scripts, to ensure that all scenarios
  are tested.
• Unscripted testing may be performed any time
  during the week.
• How much time will this take?
• Participants will be able to execute their
  assigned test scripts in less than one hour.
• How will I provide feedback during testing?
• Contact information for providing feedback will
  be included in the testing packet. Participants
  will be asked to document the results of scripted
  and unscripted testing.

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LaRS Testing Schedule

• LaRS testing participants must volunteer by COB
  2/11/2002.
• LaRS testing participants will receive a testing
  packet containing instructions, testing IDs, and
  testing scripts by 5/17/2002.
• LaRS testing will be conducted 5/27/2002
  5/31/2002.

Please note dates are approximate, and will be
confirmed in future communications to test
participants.
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LaRS Testing Information

• What can we test?
• Participants will act as lenders, servicers, or
  trustees, and will be able to submit invoice data
  via online and file transfer.
• Participants may test their organizations file
  layout for the file transfer option. To
  participate in this area of testing, participants
  will need to notify ED-SFA prior to testing in
  order to coordinate the processing of those
  files. ED-SFA would like to receive files that
  are the typical size of those expected in
  production.
• Participants will receive notifications as
  specified in the Notifications Matrix included in
  the Final Road Map.
• Participants will be able to update their user
  profiles.
• The day after invoice data is submitted,
  participants will be able to access LaRS to see
  the results of overnight processing.
• Participants will be able to use reports to view
  the data in the system.

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LaRS Testing Information (cont.)

• How will we test?
• Participants will be provided with testing
  scripts. Different participants will have
  different scripts, to ensure that all scenarios
  are tested.
• Participants will be assigned testing LIDs and/or
  Servicer IDs for testing purposes. These LIDs
  and Servicer IDs will be fictitious, since the
  data in the community test region may be viewed
  by individuals not authorized to view data in
  production.
• Unscripted testing may be performed at any time
  during the testing week. Participants may submit
  invoice data from prior quarters as part of their
  unscripted testing, with the LIDs and Servicer
  IDs changed to the testing ones.
• How much time will this take?
• Participants will be able to complete their
  scripted testing within one hour. They will also
  be asked to verify any notifications that result
  from their testing notifications will be
  delivered to the email address listed in the LaRS
  application within 24 hours.
• How will I provide feedback during testing?
• Contact information for providing feedback will
  be included in the testing packet. Participants
  will be asked to document the results of scripted
  and unscripted testing.

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How to Participate

• Nominate one individual from your organization to
  perform testing.
• Email OSFA_LR_at_ed.gov with the name and email
  address of the individual and the name of
  organization.
• LAP testing will be limited to 30 participants
• LaRS testing will be limited to 50 participants.
• ED-SFA will ensure that we have representatives
  from throughout the community for each testing
  effort.