Overview
User acceptance testing( UAT) is a type of testing performed by the end-user of the application to verify that the software application is working as per the end-user expectations. UAT is mainly performed by end-users and clients. User Acceptance Testing is done in a separate testing environment called the UAT environment. This environment should mimic the production environment.
Types of UAT
There are many types of user acceptance testing. Some of them are listed below:
Alpha & Beta Testing.
Operational or Production Acceptance Testing.
Regulation or Compliance Acceptance Testing.
UAT Process
- Create a UAT Test Plan.
- UAT Test Scenarios
- UAT Test Environment setup
- Run the UAT test cases
- Record the UAT results
- UAT sign-off.