Purpose of Scotland’s Census 2021 Rehearsal Sample Clauses

Purpose of Scotland’s Census 2021 Rehearsal. The overarching purpose of the 2019 rehearsal is to assure the operational readiness and effectiveness of the essential elements of the census at an important milestone in the census journey. The rehearsal is an essential part of the overall programme testing strategy which builds over time to deliver overall confidence in operational readiness for the census in 2021. The rehearsal will test as much of the end to end census operation as is feasible in a live environment. Specifically this will comprise all critical functionality of the census lifecycle and associated processes from data collection through capture, coding, cleansing and statistical data processing to the end of database production. The rehearsal shall enable early identification and application of lessons learned in time for the 2021 Census. To expand, carrying out the rehearsal will:  Enable the Authority to ensure that the functions of the Field Force, Contact Centre and Support Hubs are viable and scalable for the 2021 Census.  Enable multiple Service Providers to work together as part of a live operation.  Enable the Authority to interact with Service Providers and Online Respondents as part of a live operation.  Gain experience in using the end to end systems and services in a live environment.  Test the census questions with a higher volume of users than other user testing activities will allow.  Gain experience on employing alternative and contingency ways of working in a live environment.  Allow the Authority to ensure key messages are understood and acted upon and to test local marketing/publicity tactics.  Potentially identify gaps that will involve elements of scaling up for 2021.  Allow Service Providers to then demonstrate how they will scale up and meet service levels with them providing a Census 2021 scaling up strategy and a plan to be updated after rehearsal.  Identify and understand any problems with the census data which may not be predictable using traditional testing methods.  Gain experience using operational processes in a live environment and identify any gaps to be addressed for 2021 Census.  Publish the results of the evaluation of the rehearsal and lessons to be learned. The Authority will do this by ensuring:  There are sufficient and proven operational interfaces between all elements of the census and they are fit for purpose for the 2021 Census.  All processes and procedures for delivery follow-up and collection of the census returns work as requi...
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