Are you an Excel guru?

[doodab]

I know it will, but not before my testing mates and I have sent some juicy invoices.

And we all use excel for those, don't we?

[Brussels Slumdog]

But you haven't tested the vulnerability to faulty master data yet, which is obviously a risk if it's so important and has to be input by people. If master data is that critical, I suggest testing that.

Plus, what is so special about SAP testing in your example? You've just described a typical process that you'd use in many other systems.

Master data is tested during data migration verified by the users. After golive its the responsibilty of the master data team to test the inputted data

I dont believe that I could test an Oracle or JD Edwards as I know nothing about these systems.
I guess I could teach you the basics of SAP and then you could do some testing. The guys in Pharma also have their own testing mentality

[Mich the Tester]

And we all use excel for those, don't we?

Not me. Lady Tester does it; I've no idea how.

[Mich the Tester]

I dont believe that I could test an Oracle or JD Edwards as I know nothing about these systems.

Yes you could; I could teach you. Even though I've never done any JD Edwards, I can test anything.

Anyway, I've tested SAP IS-U and HR and in those I haven't seen anything that would prevent a good tester testing well without prior knowledge of them.

[Brussels Slumdog]

Wouldn't it be good to combine SAP experienced testers and non-SAP experienced testers in your team? That way you get people who know the basic functionality AND people who can ask the kind of awkward questions that find stuff nobody else has found.

This is normally the set up for Pharmaceutical companies where delivering the right product(master data) to the right customer is absolutely critical. My last pharma company had a non SAP experienced tester but he was PERM