Common use of Acceptance Testing of Deliverables Clause in Contracts

Acceptance Testing of Deliverables. (i) Each Deliverable provided to Nielsen for acceptance shall be accompanied by an acceptance request that will require Nielsen to affirmatively accept or reject the Deliverable (and to the extent that a Deliverable is divided into discrete subparts, to accept or reject each subpart individually). Further, prior to delivering any Deliverable to Nielsen, TCS will first perform all required quality assurance activities, and System Testing as described in Section 3.1(e) of this Schedule A to verify that the Deliverable is complete and in conformance with its specifications, and TCS shall also provide Nielsen with all testing results and associated testing data. When delivering a Deliverable to Nielsen, TCS shall certify in writing to Nielsen that (1) it has performed such quality assurance activities; (2) it has performed all applicable testing (including System Testing); (3) it has corrected all material deficiencies discovered during such quality assurance activities and testing; (4) it has assured that all material deficiencies no longer exist and has re-tested for all similar defects; and (5) the Deliverable is in a suitable state of readiness for Xxxxxxx’x review and approval. After expiration of the agreed Review Period Nielsen will be considered to have accepted the Deliverable if Nielsen does not provide TCS with any written notification of its objections with reasons after three (3) Business Days notice that a decision needs to be made. In discharging its obligations under this Section 3.1(e)(i), TCS shall at all times implement quality assurance processes and procedures conforming to the best practices of the IT and BPO industries. (ii) TCS will be responsible for System Testing each Deliverable in TCS’ development environment prior to turning over the Deliverable to Nielsen for User Acceptance Testing and approval and will provide Nielsen with all documented test results. TCS’ System Testing shall include the following, at a minimum, plus any other testing required by TCS’ system development methodology: (A) TCS will be responsible for performing unit testing (“Unit Testing”) and incremental integration testing (“Integration Testing”) of the interoperability of the components of each Deliverable. As applicable, all code developed by TCS shall be accompanied by associated Unit Testing procedures, and such unit tests developed by TCS will be delivered to Nielsen concurrently with the target application code. The process of defect resolution within such Unit Testing procedures will include the testing procedures that exercise the fix and detect any regressions in the Deliverable; (B) TCS’ testing of the entire system or application (“System Testing”) will also include Integration Testing of each Deliverable to ensure proper inter-operation with all prior Deliverables, interfaces and other components that are intended to inter-operate with such Deliverable, and will include regression testing (“Regression Testing”), volume and stress testing to ensure that the Deliverables are able to meet Xxxxxxx’x projected growth in the number and size of transactions to be processed by the application and number of users, as such projections are provided in the applicable Statement of Work; (C) TCS’ System Testing will also include Business Function Testing and Technical Testing of each application in a simulated production environment with TCS being responsible for building any necessary external interface emulators to accomplish such testing in a simulated production environment. “Business Function Testing” will include testing of full work streams that flow through the application as the application will be incorporated within Xxxxxxx’x computing environment. “Technical Testing” will also include scale tests and failure handling tests. Xxxxxxx shall participate in and provide support for the Business Function Testing and Technical Testing to the extent reasonably requested by TCS. Within ten (10) days prior to the commencement of Business Function Testing or Technical Testing pursuant to this Section 3.1(e)(ii), TCS shall provide Xxxxxxx for Xxxxxxx’x review and written approval TCS’ test plan for such Business Function Testing or Technical Testing; and

Acceptance Testing of Deliverables. (i) Each Deliverable provided to Nielsen for acceptance shall be accompanied by an acceptance request that will require Nielsen to affirmatively accept or reject the Deliverable (and to the extent that a Deliverable is divided into discrete subparts, to accept or reject each subpart individually). Further, prior to delivering any Deliverable to Nielsen, TCS will first perform all required quality assurance activities, and System Testing as described in Section 3.1(e) of this Schedule A to verify that the Deliverable is complete and in conformance with its specifications, and TCS shall also provide Nielsen with all testing results and associated testing data. When delivering a Deliverable to Nielsen, TCS shall certify in writing to Nielsen that (1) it has performed such quality assurance activities; (2) it has performed all applicable testing (including System Testing); (3) it has corrected all material deficiencies discovered during such quality assurance activities and testing; (4) it has assured that all material deficiencies no longer exist and has re-tested for all similar defects; and (5) the Deliverable is in a suitable state of readiness for Xxxxxxx’x Nielsen’s review and approval. After expiration of the agreed Review Period Nielsen will be considered to have accepted the Deliverable if Nielsen does not provide TCS with any written notification of its objections with reasons after three (3) Business Days Days’ notice that a decision needs to be made. In discharging its obligations under this Section 3.1(e)(i), TCS shall at all times implement quality assurance processes and procedures conforming to the best practices of the IT and BPO industries. (ii) TCS will be responsible for System Testing each Deliverable in TCS’ development environment prior to turning over the Deliverable to Nielsen for User Acceptance Testing and approval and will provide Nielsen with all documented test results. TCS’ System Testing shall include the following, at a minimum, plus any other testing required by TCS’ system development methodology: (A) TCS will be responsible for performing unit testing (“Unit Testing”) and incremental integration testing (“Integration Testing”) of the interoperability of the components of each Deliverable. As applicable, all code developed by TCS shall be accompanied by associated Unit Testing procedures, and such unit tests developed by TCS will be delivered to Nielsen concurrently with the target application code. The process of defect resolution within such Unit Testing procedures will include the testing procedures that exercise the fix and detect any regressions in the Deliverable; (B) TCS’ testing of the entire system or application (“System Testing”) will also include Integration Testing of each Deliverable to ensure proper inter-operation with all prior Deliverables, interfaces and other components that are intended to inter-operate with such Deliverable, and will include regression testing (“Regression Testing”), volume and stress testing to ensure that the Deliverables are able to meet Xxxxxxx’x Nielsen’s projected growth in the number and size of transactions to be processed by the application and number of users, as such projections are provided in the applicable Statement of Work; (C) TCS’ System Testing will also include Business Function Testing and Technical Testing of each application in a simulated production environment with TCS being responsible for building any necessary external interface emulators to accomplish such testing in a simulated production environment. “Business Function Testing” will include testing of full work streams that flow through the application as the application will be incorporated within Xxxxxxx’x Nielsen’s computing environment. “Technical Testing” will also include scale tests and failure handling tests. Xxxxxxx Nielsen shall participate in and provide support for the Business Function Testing and Technical Testing to the extent reasonably requested by TCS. Within ten (10) days prior to the commencement of Business Function Testing or Technical Testing pursuant to this Section 3.1(e)(ii), TCS shall provide Xxxxxxx Nielsen for Xxxxxxx’x Nielsen’s review and written approval TCS’ test plan for such Business Function Testing or Technical Testing; and