The purpose of the System Architecture Test Plan is to describe
the plan for testing the entire system as a unit and especially
the integration of the major system components. A preliminary
version of this Plan should be produced as early as possible in
the life cycle, and ideally as part of the Architecture
Definition phase. Considering how the entire system, and
especially the interfaces among the components, will be tested
helps to validate the architecture. However, there is a lot of
detail required in this plan which cannot be identified until
later in the life cycle. Therefore, in most cases, it will not
be produced until the end of either the Design or Facilities
Engineering phases. A final version of this Plan should be
produced in conjunction with the Implementation and Installation
plans for the system. This plan will be used to guide the final
steps of System Testing. This section should briefly describe: -
o the objectives and scope of the Architecture Definition phase
and the events that have occ