Testing Procedures

Introduction

            The final solution will be a promenade built over land behind the Sandy Hook Chapel connecting to two fishing piers which extend into the Sandy Hook Bay.  The finished product will meet all specifications and limitations.  It will be constructed of entirely eco-friendly materials and incorporate only plants native to Sandy Hook.  The promenade will accommodate casual visitors and provide seating.  The site will have profits greater than building costs.  The promenade will meet all specifications and building codes as put forth by the National Parks Service and the government of both New Jersey and the United States.  The promenade will pass an inspection to ensure visitors’ safety, and the area will be aestically pleasing.  The promenade will be tested, as well as the entire site of the Sandy Hook Chapel.  Testing will be performed by my group, our teachers, and the National Parks Service.  Testing will take place on the site in any weather.  The site will need to match up to all kinds of weather Sandy Hook experiences.

Testing Stages

Exploratory Testing-preliminary

• Meet with team members to ensure landscaping design and promenade design coincides with their parts of the project

1. Meet with team
2. Explain each solution
3. Ensure everything will work together to create one, user-friendly site

• Before moving forward with anything, check with teachers and mentors to make sure plans are correct and workable

1. Meet with teachers.
2. Email mentors.
3. Show plans and alternate solutions.
4. Ask for advice.

Assessment Testing-secondary

• Meet with teachers and mentors to ensure preliminary designs are correct and workable

1. Meet with teachers.
2. Email mentors.
3. Show them choice of final design.
4. Ask for input.

• Finalize a single design idea to create finish final steps such as material lists and procedure

1. Choose one alternate solution to use for final design.
2. Finalize drawings.
3. Research eco-friendly materials.
4. Research the development process.
5. Develop a material list and plan of procedures for the final design.

• Meet with Mike Danko to discuss final stages of development

1. Talk to teachers to arrange meeting.
2. Explain project.
3. Propose our ideas.
4. Ask for feedback and permissions.

• Pass all necessary inspections put forth by building inspectors of New Jersey and the United States Government

1. Research guidelines and specifications for promenades and site plans in the state of New Jersey and the United States.
2. Ensure promenade abides these rules.

Validation Testing-tertiary

• Review specifications and limitations and make sure the design abides by them

1. Develop a checklist of specifications and limitations.
2. Design must meet every specification and limitation.

Comparison Testing-quaternary

• Ensure the new site is more user-friendly to visitors to Sandy Hook.

1. Plan the site.
2. Ensure the site is easy to visit and fish at.

The following survey would be handed out on Sandy Hook to visitors to the site.  Fishermen as well as regular visitors would be asked to fill out a form similar to this one to rate their time at the site.