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The
management of applications is also necessary in order to ensure that functions
operate correctly and accurately. Most of this management must involve the
individual applications themselves, but general management methodologies can be
recommended. These include:
· The Unified
Modeling Language (UML) methodology described in the previous section should be
used/required for all new application development or
upgrades of existing applications. Use of this methodology will help ensure
that the application is properly integrated with other applications.
· All new and
updated applications should be very thoroughly tested to ensure they execute
correctly under both normal and error conditions. Applications that have not
been properly tested will not be trusted by users, often leading to the
applications being “turned off” or ignored (this has been the fate of many power
system network analysis applications).
· The status of
applications should be monitored by the SNMP Manager, with appropriate levels
of notifications sent to users (e.g. alarm if a critical function is impacted,
warnings if applications are “taking too long” to process data, “not responding”
notifications, etc.).
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