Test Data Management: Goal Setting & Team Building (Step…

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Step 1: Goal Setting & Team Building

Someone needs test data to do something, like:

stress-testing the functions and performance of applications prototyping database load/query and DW ETL/ELT operations benchmarking prospective new hardware or software outsourcing development or proofs of concept demonstrating systems with real-looking, but not real, sample data

In all these cases, the most realistic data possible is needed, but it should also be safe and de-personalized. Read More