User Acceptance Testing (UAT)

What is a UAT Test?

• Is a type of testing performed by the end user or client to verify/accept the software system before moving the software application to the production environment. UAT is done in the final phase of testing after Functional, Integration and System testing is done. [1]
• UAT tests consist of a set of test steps to check if specific requirements are working for the client and end user.
• Also know as Business Testing
• These tests are part of functional and Regression tests but they tend to primarily be performed by end users

Function of UAT Tests:

• Tests system functionality from end user perspective

Test Results:

• Before moving into production, following needs to be considered:
  • No critical defects open (user reports bugs, bugs have been fixed, re-tested, and all pass)
  • Business process works satisfactorily
  • UAT sign off has occurred with all stakeholders (internally this can be the business manager, externally this can be the project owner)

UAT Testing is Important because…

NOTE : Reason #2 is a good reason for QA and Developers to be included at the beginning of the development process and why using Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) and the creation of Feature Files can help to clear up communication up front.

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Reference(s):

• [1] https://www.guru99.com/user-acceptance-testing.htm
• TestingAcronyms
• CommonTestingTerms

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Index of Testing Types: https://ultra.guide/bin/view/Testing/DifferentTypesSoftwareTestingIndex