title: Rewards of automated testing. Identifying problems before rollout can avoid system disruption.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Needed order management application that performed consistently and met high demands.
  
  
  METHODS
  Load testing identified specific problem areas.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Precise description of problems and their occurrence helped speed resolution and ensured successful implementation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Testing of conditions that emulated expected demands at early stage of design and planning.
authors.affiliation: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA.
authors.forename: W T
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Cheng
mesh_terms: D002173:Cancer Care Facilities / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D006801:Humans; D009518:New York; D012986:Software Validation; D018511:Systems Integration; D017749:Total Quality Management