user acceptance testing (uat) 2013

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User Acceptance Testing (UAT)

Based on material by IIBA Philadelphia Chapter,HopkinsOne, DevelopMentor, CMIS Remediation& GOAL/QPC


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User Acceptance Testing

(UAT)


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Users means the real business users, who will have to operate the system;

normally the staff of an organization, but it could be your suppliers or

customers. They are the only people who understand exactly what the

business is, and how it operates. Therefore they are the only people

qualified to check a system to see if it will deliver any benefit to thebusiness or organization.

User


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Acceptance

The acceptance of a system means you are confident it will give benefit to theorganization. It does not mean that it only meets the original specification as requested.

A system may very well meet all the specifications asked of it, but when trying to see

how it will work in the business it is realized that it will not give anything positive to

the organization, or may even damage the organization. This may be for a number of

reasons such as a change in the business or business environment, such as a takeover.The point is that a system may not be acceptable, even if it meets specification. You

may still have to pay the supplier, but you will not incur any costs to implement it. Of

course it may not even work to specification, which makes the question of acceptance

even harder to answer. There are cases where it is worth implementing and paying for

systems, which are imperfect, but that deliver real business value.


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Testing

Whenever people are asked what testing is, many of them say it is toprove the system works. This is the key problem with the way UAT is

employed in many organizations, as it is impossible to prove any system

is correct. In fact a lot of effort is expended, and wasted, in trying to get

right answers.There is much literature on the subject of testing, and most writers agree

that all you can prove is if a system is wrong. Therefore a good test is

one that is designed to try and make a system fail, so as to expose its

faults before it goes live. This type of testing is the only type worth

doing.


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UAT Definition


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Importance of UAT?


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Importance of UAT?


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Importance of UAT?


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Traditional Approach to UAT

1. Business Analyst or QA Analyst writes thetest scripts

2. A demo of the new application or functions

is given to users3. Users walk through test scripts step-

by-step


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UAT Tasks


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UAT Tasks


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Performing UAT (1)


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Performing UAT (2) & (3)


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UAT Deliverables/Documents


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UAT Test Cases


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UAT Test Cases


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UAT Test Cases


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Test Case Document ExampleCourtesy : CMIS Remediation


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UAT Defect Log


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UAT Defect Log


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Thank You


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Reading List

http://www.exforsys.com/tutorials/testing/what-is-user-acceptance-testing.html

http://www.csc.com/independent_testing_services/offerings/83266/83297-

user_acceptance_testing

http://www.jiscinfonet.ac.uk/InfoKits/infokit-related-files/UAT

http://requirements.seilevel.com/blog/2010/08/top-10-user-acceptance-testing-

preparation-tips.html
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