What is user acceptance testing (UAT)?
User Acceptance Testing is a testing methodology where clients/end users participate in product testing to validate the product against their requirements. It is done at the client’s site on the developer’s site. For industries such as medicine or aerospace, contractual and regulatory compliance testing, and operational acceptance tests are also performed as part of user acceptance tests.
Acceptance criteria are defined based on the following attributes:
- Functional correctness and completeness.
- Data integrity.
- Data conversion.
- Applicability.
- Performance.
- Timeliness.
- Confidentiality and availability.
- Installability and upgradeability.
- Scalability.
- Documentation.
User Acceptance Testing (UAT) – Software Testing
UAT is context-dependent and UAT plans are prepared based on requirements and are not required to perform all kinds of user acceptance tests and are even coordinated and contributed by the testing team.
Table of Content
- What is user acceptance testing (UAT)?
- How to Execute UAT Tests?
- What is the purpose of UAT?
- Types of User Acceptance Testing
- Steps to Execute User Acceptance Tests
- Challenges of User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
- Need for User Acceptance Testing
- Tools for User Acceptance Testing
- Guidelines for User Acceptance Testing
- Exit Criteria for User Acceptance Testing
- User Acceptance Testing vs System Testing
- Acceptance Testing vs V-Model