Spiritual Event For my Spiritual Event I picked How to be a Muslim Ally: A Step by Step Guide. The attendance was at Ryan Room at the CC square around 5:00pm on Thursday January 26th. However, the orator had an urgent so he couldn’t make it, so the school had to assign someone else instead to establish the event, just few hours earlier. How to be a Muslim Ally is an interesting topic that made me ask myself what does that even mean. In addition to, for an individual Muslim it is an interesting question title to know what does it mean. Thus why I chose to do this spiritual experience in order to know who I am from different perspectives and I will illustrate that even more, later in this paper. So the event discussed the elements that describes a Muslim in addition to the five pillars of Islam and the six pillars of Iman; which mean (Faith). However, the discussion was not meant to give a speech about how to be a Muslim. Therefore, there were few details accompanied with the elements of Islam and not in the depth that non-Muslim wouldn’t understand. So the five pillars as important as the six pillars of Iman and both make a Muslim. Most of the discussion were to explain what is a Muslim and how to recognize Muslims and ally with them. Indeed, the very core of this event was to clarify some ignorant statements about Muslims, which were fed by social media and news. Such as, Jihad and Terrorism. First of all, I get inspired by every day experience and the most things that inspire me, are the hardest circumstances to deal with. Those tuff experiences challenge you the most, in terms of, when you decide either to stood up and face them or lay down. Precisely, when I saw many of my friends who attended school with me, went back home because of the routine they had. With the wild life in the U.S. it’s hard to find a compromised solution between school and luxury. Secondly, most of the things that challenge me are how to adopt a new culture and not changing some of my morals, values and habits. However, values and morals are more difficult to be modified, but habits could be modified depending on your behavior and life style. Relationships plays huge part in changing and acquiring habits. Also, values could be changed but they take years to do so. So I definitely want to change some of the bad habits I have such like waking up early in the morning. What I might be afraid to change are my values and morals because where I came from, values mean a lot. Finally, I value the most is my family, my friends and my religion(Islam). However, among these three my religion is what I value the most, simply because the other two things rely under the religion, because you’re the stronger believer you become the more you have a strong and good relationship with your family starting with the parents. Those values are hard express with words, yet your actions do. My religion values could be express easily everyday by the way you practice it and by the.

1. Spiritual Event
For my Spiritual Event I picked How to be a Muslim Ally:
A Step by Step Guide. The attendance was at Ryan Room at the
CC square around 5:00pm on Thursday January 26th. However,
the orator had an urgent so he couldn’t make it, so the school
had to assign someone else instead to establish the event, just
few hours earlier.
How to be a Muslim Ally is an interesting topic that made
me ask myself what does that even mean. In addition to, for an
individual Muslim it is an interesting question title to know
what does it mean. Thus why I chose to do this spiritual
experience in order to know who I am from different
perspectives and I will illustrate that even more, later in this
paper.
So the event discussed the elements that describes a
Muslim in addition to the five pillars of Islam and the six pillars
of Iman; which mean (Faith). However, the discussion was not
meant to give a speech about how to be a Muslim. Therefore,
there were few details accompanied with the elements of Islam
and not in the depth that non-Muslim wouldn’t understand. So
the five pillars as important as the six pillars of Iman and both
make a Muslim. Most of the discussion were to explain what is
a Muslim and how to recognize Muslims and ally with them.
Indeed, the very core of this event was to clarify some ignorant
statements about Muslims, which were fed by social media and
news. Such as, Jihad and Terrorism.
First of all, I get inspired by every day experience and the
most things that inspire me, are the hardest circumstances to
deal with. Those tuff experiences challenge you the most, in
terms of, when you decide either to stood up and face them or
lay down. Precisely, when I saw many of my friends who
attended school with me, went back home because of the routine

2. they had. With the wild life in the U.S. it’s hard to find a
compromised solution between school and luxury.
Secondly, most of the things that challenge me are how to
adopt a new culture and not changing some of my morals,
values and habits. However, values and morals are more
difficult to be modified, but habits could be modified depending
on your behavior and life style. Relationships plays huge part in
changing and acquiring habits. Also, values could be changed
but they take years to do so. So I definitely want to change
some of the bad habits I have such like waking up early in the
morning. What I might be afraid to change are my values and
morals because where I came from, values mean a lot.
Finally, I value the most is my family, my friends and my
religion(Islam). However, among these three my religion is
what I value the most, simply because the other two things rely
under the religion, because you’re the stronger believer you
become the more you have a strong and good relationship with
your family starting with the parents. Those values are hard
express with words, yet your actions do. My religion values
could be express easily everyday by the way you practice it and
by the way you treat people because that’s what the religion of
Islam is all about.
There is no connection between La Roche college mission
statement and my values.
La Roche experience course is meant to be for freshmen to
explore and have a slight idea about the college community. If
there was a connection between the two, it would be the
experience and something new to learn that’s all.
In conclusion, this event has truly impacted me, although I
was born and raised as Muslim. Maybe you wondering what did
I learn from this experience since I already know what is it
about. However, looking at yourself or what you do from the
lens of someone else who’s completely different from you,
makes you appreciate what you have. I learnt some statics and
facts that could support my knowledge so I don’t get fooled by

3. social media and news. Furthermore, since the terrorism is the
hottest issue on the news nowadays, then I must
educate myself to deal and participate in the type of
conversations where I have to explain some of the
misconception about Islam.
Running head: Week Three
Week Three 5
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Data Conversion Plan
Data conversion is a process that is used to identify all of the
databases that will need to be converted and migrated to the
new ERP system. Additionally, a documentation of all data or
databases should be implemented together with a list of all
human resources required and their roles (Rintamäki, L. 2010).
For this case, the project team will be required to develop a
conversion strategy for the following types of data, and they
include Static files which consist of master data such as
customers, dynamic files which consist of transaction data such
as Purchase Orders which will all be converted into the new
system and finally, transactional history from the old system.
The IT department will be the custodian of the company's data
and will be responsible for ensuring the data is converted,
cleaned and migrated into the new ERP system.
System migration can be defined as the process of moving all IT
resources to a new platform with the main objective of

4. streamlining business processes. The migration process can
involve the use of a manual technique or an automated
technique which relies on migration software to simplify and
shorten the process (Rintamäki, L. 2010).
For the case of the ERP system to be implemented for the
Brewton business, an elaborate data conversion plan will be
adopted to describe the process of migrating existing data to the
testing platform. The first step will entail the consideration of
the availability of all required resources. Traditionally, most
companies lack enough and qualified expertise that are to
delegated different tasks which are to be accomplished within a
stipulated time frame. For this case, the project team leaders
should ensure that there will be human resources who will be
involved in working on data conversion as well as other
implementation tasks and this will be achieved through making
adjustments to the ERP implementation schedule to ensure that
conversion in synch with the other activities.
The second step in the process will involve considering the
needs of all user groups. This will involve loading of subsets of
data into the new ERP system at several regional branches of
the company. The above will ensure that records migrated into
the new system are manageable and it also reduces chances of
complications as compared to a full load of data. Finally, the
last step in the process will involve identifying the number of
iterations required for the data conversion cycle, and this will
be based on use cases (Rintamäki, L. 2010). One test
environment will be built for testing, and this is because all
company data will be converted for the last time before it’s
migrated to production mode.
User Acceptance Testing Plans
System testing is a process undertaken to confirm whether an
information system such as an ERP system meets and complies
with all requirements which were outlined at the planning and
requirement gathering stages (Goebel, J. 2004). Overall testing
of an information system is used to test the design as well as the
behavior and both the expected and unexpected outcomes that

5. will be witnessed during the operational phase.
A test environment is a setup of both software and hardware
equipment and its purposed for testing teams to execute test
cases. A testing environment is configured for execution of tests
using hardware, software and network resources. There are
several elements of the test environment, and the first one is the
Scope of testing (Goebel, J. 2004). The scope of testing should
be clearly defined, and the entire plan should also define all
components and features which should be tested or not. The
second key element is the Bug Tracking Process. This critical
element is used to outline the process of recording all the
defects and bugs found during the various testing cycles.
Additionally, this element is used to provide details on how to
track and report all bugs and defects found during the test phase
(Goebel, J. 2004). The final essential element of the test
environment is the hardware and software resources. And for
this case it will involve listing down all the personnel, software
and hardware requirements needed for the testing phase
User acceptance testing practically viewed as the final phase of
testing and it involves hands-on user participation to ensure that
the system handles real world scenarios. For the case of
Brewton business, hardware equipment that will be required
during this testing phase will include the ERP System, database
servers to store that test data, operating systems and a network
which will be used to distribute the entire system to different
departments in the company (Gerrard, P. 2007, September).
Individuals to be involved with this type of testing will include
all select end users who work in different departments as well
as all key stakeholders, and their participation will be used to
confirm that all functionalities match the requirements
specified.
Methods and Procedures That Will Be Used To Conduct
Testing,
There are several methods of testing that will be during the
system testing phase, and they include load, performance, and
regression testing methods. Load testing can be defined as the

6. process of subjecting an application or information system to
simulated demand in a manner that clearly shows its behavior
under different scenarios. Additionally, load testing involves
invoking ordinary stress to an information system to determine
whether it can execute and accomplish its functionality as
intended. Load testing ensures that all given function or sub-
function within the application can handle all functionalities
that it was designed to handle without collapsing or affecting
critical functionalities (Gerrard, P. 2007, September). This
technique of testing plays an important role in determining the
efficiency in which a certain component of the front end part of
a system, such as portal and its associated modules will handle
actual loads that they’re likely to be subjected to during their
operational phase. Load testing assists the test teams to measure
crucial metrics which include response times and maximum
rates of processing. In conclusion, load testing helps in
identifying the system’s breaking point and this is supported by
the assumption that the breaking point takes place below the
peak load condition.
Performance testing can be defined as the process of
determining the speed and general effectiveness of an
information system such as the ERP system in this case. This
process involves quantitative tests done in a lab setting, and this
can involve measuring the number instructions that a system can
process in a second during its operational phase (Gerrard, P.
2007, September). This method of testing is normally
undertaken jointly with stress testing, and it acts as a blueprint
of verifying that an information system meets and complies with
all specifications which were outlined by the vendor during the
requirements gathering phase. Performance testing is effected to
provide all stakeholders with information about the proposed
system with regards to processing speed, overall stability, and
scalability for future purposes. Additionally, this technique
consists of other sub categories which include load testing
which was discussed above and the stress testing method which
involves subjecting an information system to operational

7. capacities that are beyond the normal and the main objective is
to identify the system’s breaking point and observing the results
(Gerrard, P. 2007, September).
Lastly, regression technique is a type of testing that verifies
that modules or functionalities which were previously
developed and tested still perform as intended even after it was
changed or interfaced with other systems. With regression
testing, varying test cases are executed severally to verify that
the previous behavior of an information system has been
retained and that no new bugs have been introduced by the new
changes and modifications.
References
Goebel, J. (2004). Hardware Testing and System Qualification:
Procedures to Evaluate Commodity Hardware and Production
Cluster.
Gerrard, P. (2007, September). Test methods and tools for ERP
implementations. In Testing: Academic and Industrial
Conference Practice and Research Techniques-MUTATION,
2007. TAICPART-MUTATION 2007 (pp. 40-46). IEEE.
Rintamäki, L. (2010). Data migration, a practical example from
the business world.