How to Perform User-Acceptance Testing?
By: Sapna Sapu
Tags: Software Testing, Regression, Automation Testing, User Acceptance Testing, Integration

User-Acceptance Testing is a software testing type that is by a group of representative end-users or by software testers behaving like end-users to verify if the software system is meeting its requirement before it moves to production.

UAT is conducted in the final phase of software testing after functional testing, integration testing, and system testing is completed. One of the main purposes of this is to ensure a consistent and smooth business flow. It is carried out in a separate environment with a setup that is production-like.

This is a crucial phase in testing as it gives the developers input about the user-requirements they might have missed. And you get to ensure that the desired software application is accepted by the end users and you can finalize the product.

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Criteria for UAT:

Given below are the entry criteria for UAT:

· Availability of business requirements.

· A fully developed application code.

· Unit testing, integration testing, and system testing must be completed.

· No high or medium defects in the system integration phase.

· Allows only cosmetic error.

· Regression testing should be completed and with no major changes.

· All the defects identified must be fixed before UAT begins.

· The traceability matrix for all testing types must be completed.

· The test environment must be ready.

· Communication from the system testing team that the system is ready for UAT.

Implementation of UAT:

Once the entry criteria for UAT are met, software testers or end-users can proceed with the implementation of UAT in the following phases:

Analysis of Business Requirements:

To identify and develop test scenarios is one of the most important tasks in UAT. To derive these test scenarios, software testers require the following documents:

· Project Charter

· Use Cases of the Business

· Process Flow Diagram

· Business Requirements Documentation

· System Requirements Specification

Creating a UAT Plan:

Once the business requirements are met and analyzed, UAT testers create a test plan. It involves documentation of entry and exit criteria for UAT, test scenarios, test case approach, and the timelines of testing.

Testers develop strategies that will be productive in ensuring the desired software application meets the business requirements. This is one of the main purposes of this phase.

Identify Test Scenarios and Test Cases:

This phase involves identifying the test scenarios according to high-level business processes. Testers design test cases by defining them step by step. The criterion here is for test cases to sufficiently cover most of the UAT scenarios.

Preparing Test Data:

Experts have advised that it is best to use live data for UAT. The data is supposed to be scrambled to ensure greater privacy and security. Here, software testers must be familiar with the flow of the database.

Execute the Tests:

Using appropriate test management tools, UAT is executed in this phase. If any bugs are found here, they need to be fixed at the earliest and rested once they are fixed.

Confirm Business Requirements are Met:

This phase requires the UAT testers to send a mail iterating that the desired software product is good to go for production. The deliverables here are the test plan, test scenarios, test results, and defect logs.

Closing Thoughts:

In UAT, testers are expecting rather than assuming as they do while implementing other testing types. One thing you gain as developers from UAT is that you come across no surprises when the product is finally released in the market.

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