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Figure 1 – P2P money transfer roles and team activities

8�2 Test parameterization and neutral starting state neutral state again. Respective considerations are in
A particular property of systematic service tests is full analogy to testing of e.g., telephony.
a frequency of service usages which is significantly A testing campaign, therefore, should contain a
higher than the usage frequency created by a typical pre-testing phase with systematic tests to make sure
end user. that usage frequencies typical for testing do not
While a high testing frequency leads to a high yield affect testing results with respect to the end-user
of samples for computation of QoS KPI, it is conceiv- perspective.
able that the system has a certain “dead time” after NOTE – In actual implementations, there may be
each transaction, where the system would not accept limitations applied by the DFS providers limiting the
a new transaction or create unexpected results of a number of transactions per day, or the total amount
transaction attempted within this period of time. It is of transferred money per day or another period of
advisable to be aware of this possibility and obtain time. It is also conceivable that mechanisms exist
respective information before actual parameters of a which limit the frequency of testing. When setting
test campaign are determined. up tests, it is important to check for such condi-
The testing frequency can be controlled by a pause tions. This starts with creating awareness of testers
between transactions, which also acts as a guard for effects of such mechanisms, and be prepared
time to allow the service under test to reach its to adapt data processing accordingly if respective

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