December 20, 2023 UPDATE: This is a reminder, if you have not done so already, to please complete and submit the two following forms regarding the C Sharp (C#) Co-Existent In-County Image Testing no later than 5:00 PM on Wednesday, December 20, 2023:
- Co-Existent County image C# testing confirmation form: https://forms.gle/WS71t4wxQdjEjMUZ7
- C# testing participants list form: https://forms.gle/uMBZgc1pgzHt86uQ6
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The CWS/CMS application is required to migrate from the existing Visual Basic 6 (VB6) code, which is no longer supported by Microsoft, to the C Sharp (C#) code. For this effort, the CWDS Office and IBM are conducting ongoing testing of the C# code for CWS/CMS in multiple environments.
The upcoming county test activity will test the C# code against images used by Co-Existent Counties. Participating testers will receive both broadly defined scenarios to test various areas of the CWS/CMS application along with a list of Incidents that have been identified in previous County Test Workshops (CTWs) that require retesting. In addition, testers will be asked to perform volume, robust testing of the C# code to see if it can handle various activities to support the way daily child welfare activities are performed by social workers.
Testing will begin on Monday, February 5, 2024, and will complete on Friday, March 1, 2024. The testing will occur within the County, isolated from the production CWS/CMS environment. For example, the test workstations could be used within a training room or set up temporarily in a conference room. The County’s IT support and Technical Contacts will need to work with the CWDS Infrastructure team to coordinate network and firewall configurations to be used during this phase of the testing.
Also, one additional workstation (not used by County testers) will need to be set up within the environment to allow IBM developers to recreate and test code changes. The County will need to provide remote access to this one workstation. Instructions on how to provide this access will be provided when Counties register to participate in this phase of testing.
A separate communication that will be sent on November 30, 2023, will explain the process that IBM will use to gather/identify the County’s image/software used on the CWS/CMS workstations. This will assist the IBM developers and testers when testing against the County’s specific CWS/CMS image.
Prerequisites for workstations participating in C# testing:
Test workstations (for both the County testers and the “IBM test workstation”) need:
- To be at the supported level for Windows;
- To have .NetFramework 3.5 and .NetFramework 4.8 installed;
- To have at least 8GBs of ram memory;
- To meet all the requirements found within the CWS/CMS Workstation COTS Install Options guide.
Counties will also need to identify the testers who will participate in this activity. This is required so that IDs can be created for each of the testing participants. Please complete this form (https://forms.gle/uMBZgc1pgzHt86uQ6) to identify each C# tester for this phase of the testing. The deadline to submit the participation form is 5:00 PM on Wednesday, December 20, 2023.
Action Required
Complete and submit your form (https://forms.gle/WS71t4wxQdjEjMUZ7) for Co-Existent County image C# testing by 5:00 PM on Wednesday, December 20, 2023.
Complete and submit the form (https://forms.gle/uMBZgc1pgzHt86uQ6) to list the testing participants by 5:00 PM on Wednesday, December 20, 2023.
Send any questions that you have regarding this activity to the CWDS Customer Relations mailbox.