Difference between System Testing and Acceptance Testing
Overview
Let’s loot at some of the differences between System Testing and Acceptance testing in this post.
System Testing
System testing tests the whole system. System testing checks the whole application. All the modules need to be integrated before system testing. The overall product is tested to show that the requirements are met or not.
Acceptance Testing
Acceptance testing is testing the system from the end-user perspective. In most cases, the Acceptance tests are subset of the system tests, executed by the end-users or customers of the product.
System Testing | Acceptance Testing |
System testing is performed to check that the system meets the specified requirements or not. | Acceptance Testing is performed to check that the SUT meets end-user requirements or not. |
System Testing is performed by QA Team and Developers. | Acceptance Testing is performed by end users , QA Team and other stakeholders. Acceptance testing can be performed by end-user in a controlled test environment or uncontrolled test environment. |
System testing is performed before acceptance testing in STLC. | Acceptance testing is performed after system testing in STLC. |
Test environment is QA environment. Test data in this testing phase is demo data. | Test environment should mimic production environment. Test Data can be close to production values. |