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A comprehensive guide on UAT Testing

 User acceptance testing plays a crucial role in developing a market-friendly product that is not only aligned with customer expectations but, also meets business goals. User feedback is the main essence of this testing method because understanding the worth of a product from a user’s perspective will only help to further scale up the product quality. This will in turn have a better chance to position the product in the market. It is conducted in a dedicated real-time testing environment. In this article, you will get to know about user acceptance testing. 

What is User Acceptance Testing (UAT)?

It is a software testing technique that is conducted at the final stage of the software development process. The end-users will act as testers and will be held responsible to carry out the testing process in a real-time production environment. Post-testing, the team will obtain user feedback to gain an understanding of the product’s quality and if need be required will modify and make changes. Software efficiency is assessed by this testing method to know whether it meets the business requirements or not.

Following are the seven steps required to perform UAT testing:

1. Product requirements analysis is performed: A thorough analysis of the product requirements is done. A set of inputs are needed based on which the testing process is initiated. These inputs are based on Software Requirements Specification (SRS). All the requirements to build the software are included in the SRS document such as business requirements, feature and solutions requirements and functional requirements.

2. A suitable methodology needs to be drafted: A proper methodology for product development needs to be set up and tested by end users. In most of the scenarios, agile and waterfall methodologies are used. Based on the target audience, development strategies, features, product type and other factors, either of the methodologies can be used that better fits the UAT requirements.

3. The right UAT team needs to be built: To make sure that UAT is executed properly and valuable outputs are generated to develop a market-driven product, the right UAT team needs to be built. UAT testers can either be selected from the target audience or from your existing users. Based on the target audience, sector, functionalities and product type, members can be recruited to form a suitable UAT team.

4. The right testing tools need to be selected: No matter how well-planned the user acceptance testing framework or how well-formed the user acceptance testing group is, the results will only be up to the mark if the right testing tools are not implemented. 

5. A proper test environment needs to be created: The right user acceptance environment needs to be created for executing user acceptance testing properly. A training program can be planned, arranged and structured by the UAT manager and the testers. A clear idea about the product, its intended functionalities, key features and solutions needs to be provided to the testers. 

6. The testing process should be executed: To streamline the execution activities, the team lead and the manager should obtain the required information and thus facilitate hassle-free execution. Information needs to be conveyed to the testers about the respective actions and critical test cases that are required for each of them. 

7. The information needs to be collected and analyzed: The UAT outcome should be generated in the form of a report that includes the complete evaluation of prime functionalities, critical product features and the effectiveness of the key solutions.

Conclusion: If you are looking forward to implementing UAT for your specific project, then do get connected with a world renowned software testing services company that will provide you with strategic testing solutions that are in line with your project specific requirements.        

About the author: I am a technical content writer focused on writing technology specific articles. I strive to provide well-researched information on the leading market savvy technologies.

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