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User Acceptance Testing

Course_Reference: 
UAT-2
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Summary: 

Interspersed with lecture sessions, delegates work in teams to practice the techniques covered. Working from sample business system documents, delegates identify acceptance criteria and test conditions, perform risk assessment, create test scripts and carry out reviews of the results.

PreRequisites: 

  • Business users who will be involved in testing that a system meets the agreed business requirements.
  • Delegates should ideally have a broad understanding of the principles of IT.

Objectives: 

  • understand the principles/strategies of testing
  • define user acceptance criteria and their place in testing
  • identify test conditions and assess risk
  • produce test data and test scripts
  • review test plans
  • carry out testing in a structured, practical and cost effective manner.

Principles of Testing

  • Definitions of testing
  • Problems/limitations of the testing process
  • Principles of testing approaches to minimise problems

Test Strategy

  • Levels of testing which may be used, and objectives of each
  • Categories of conditions which must be tested
  • The Strategy Matrix

Reviewing Requirements

  • How to review requirements for classification, testability, risk, granularity and conflict

Risk Assessment

  • Business risks defined
  • Factors contributing to risk
  • Assessing risk

User Acceptance Criteria

  • Defining user acceptance criteria based on requirements
  • How user acceptance criteria will be used
  • How to formulate and word the criteria
  • Ensuring all aspects of user acceptability are covered
  • The use of checklists

Identifying Test Conditions for User Acceptance Testing

  • Definition of the test condition
  • Methods of deriving test conditions
  • Reviewing for completeness, clarity and balance

Test Cases and Test Scripts

  • Definition of the test case
  • Base data and input data
  • Sources of data
  • How to specify test cases as a test script
  • How to assess test coverage

Reviewing Test Specifications

  • The need to review test specifications
  • Criteria for quality user acceptance test specifications
  • Desk checking, informal review and structured walkthroughs

Description: 

Interspersed with lecture sessions, delegates work in teams to practice the techniques covered. Working from sample business system documents, delegates identify acceptance criteria and test conditions, perform risk assessment, create test scripts and carry out reviews of the results.

Keywords: 
User Acceptance Testing,User Testing,User Acceptance,practice testing techniques

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