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User
Acceptance
Testing (UAT)
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User Acceptance Testing

User acceptance testing – user or client test
the software to determine if it is acceptable in
meeting their needs

Give a clear picture of how the product is used by

the real-time users

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Schedule
User Acceptance testing

System “goes live”

Alpha testing - internal

Release of system for beta testing - external

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Alpha/Beta Testing
Alpha – internal acceptance testing performed
mainly by the in-house software QA and testing teams
context of COT , most significant in the
(commercial off the shelf) products

Beta - testing carried out by real users in a real environment,

system is released to a few external user groups
for final testing and gathering feedback

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UAT Testing Process

1. Planning
2. Execution
3. Documentation
4. Evaluation
5. Reporting
6. & lessons learned

https://usersnap.com/blog/user-acceptance-testing-workflow/
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UAT Testing Planning

1. Gather key acceptance criteria ÿ
Functional or business related
ÿ contractual

2. Define the scope of QA involvement

ÿ None
ÿAssist _
ÿ Perform UAT and present results

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UAT Objectives

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Key
Activities
of UAT

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UAT Governance

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User Acceptance Testing

Template

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User
Accept
ance
Testing
team

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Agile UAT

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Guidelines for UAT

1. Requirements will change
2. Staff to test
3. Have acceptance testers check for usability
issues early-on
4. Make time to test
5. Establish law and order with a shared test
management tool
6. Create new test cases as requirements change
7. Separate test environment
8. “Typical” is not always realistic – it takes time to
create test data

https://uxmag.com/articles/eight-guidelines-for-successful-
acceptance-testing