Post-deployment Checklist

Purpose

This is a checklist for the administrator to ensure that the deployment has been successful and the environment is stable.

 

Technical

Check that all global data is in the database (i.e. have all the scripts been applied to the database?)

 

Check all the paths in the database (under Global settings)

 

Check that the directory for the export of files exists on both the application and web servers

 

Check the batch scripts (i.e. are the paths correct in the .bat files?)

 

 

Business

Check that e-mail is working

 

Generate payroll mask

 

Generate stored procedure

 

Create a custom export report

 

Check that paths are correct

 

Take in a payroll file via Data Capture

 

Check that the investment /disinvestments advice document is invoked (i.e. is the path correct in the batch parameter table?)

 

Registration

 

Register a super user

 

Register a member

 

Confirm the registration (check that e-mail is received)

 

Check the logon for the super user and member

 

Complete a launch of a scheme using the following updates:

 

Details

 

Participating Employer

 

Registrations

 

Contact Persons

 

Bank Accounts

 

Membership Groups

 

Eligibility

 

Investments

 

Income

 

Service / Fees

 

Benefit Rules

 

Acc Rule Set

 

Bank Account Rule

 

Bring the scheme into the payroll site

 

Create the scheme company structure

 

Using the data setup wizard

 

Bring in income and expense types

 

Bring in pay centres

 

Create pay centre reference numbers

 

Associate pay centre to branch

 

Associate Principal and Participating Employer

 

Associate additional income types and expense types to the scheme

 

Create the calculations for the scheme

 

Give the user access to the pay centre

 

Member data

 

Capture member data via Data Capture or

 

Load a payroll file

 

Run the following reports:

 

Contribution validation report

 

Amendment report

 

Exit report

 

Remittance

 

Calculate remittance

 

Authorise remittance

 

Income Administration

 

Run member.bat to load the member data and money

 

Select and authorise the money

 

Other

 

Capture unit prices

 

Capture a distribution for a portfolio

 

Capture a member switch

 

Run the following batch jobs for a unitised scheme:

 

Unitisation

 

Switching

 

Distribution

 

Online member enquiries

 

Member contribution enquiry

 

Member investment enquiry

 

Member salary enquiry

 

Member membership group enquiry, etc.

 

Benefits

 

Process a benefit on the benefit site

 

Complete a scheme rule update

 

Check that the scheme update is in the payroll site

 

Check that the new rule has been applied to the member under salaries and contributions

 

Check the Member website