Advantages of Pilot Testing
- Gaining User Confidence: By enabling users to get acquainted with the product before its broader rollout, effective pilot testing increases user confidence.
- Opportunities for Marketing: Good results from the pilot test can be used to promote the official product release and spark interest.
- Time and Cost Savings: Preventing problems in advance of pilot testing reduces the amount of time and money needed to remedy them when the product is released.
- Finding Problems: It assists in locating problems and flaws that might not have been noticeable during internal testing.
Pilot Testing in Software Testing
Pilot testing is the type of software testing where a group of users uses the software in totality before the final launch or deployment of the software. This testing verifies a component of the system or the entire system under a real-time operating condition. The purpose of the pilot testing is to evaluate the feasibility, time, cost, risk, and performance of a research project.