There are a variety of activities that need to be completed during a User Acceptance Testing (UAT) Cycle. While the action items may vary from team to team or project to project, this list can act as a guideline to help you organize the UAT process. Creating a checklist assists the UAT Lead with tracking tasks and enables real time reporting to the project team on the UAT status.
1. UAT Planning Preparation stage to help you determine if you need a UAT cycle. Review impact of new software on business areas Review impact of changes to existing software on business areas Develop a business case to explain why a UAT phase is necessary
2. Stakeholders Participants whose area of business will be affected by the new or enhanced software. Identify the project stakeholders, their areas of responsibility and the role each stakeholder will fill during the project Activate Your Schedule regular meetings between the UAT Lead and Competitive stakeholders Advantage Define and implement reporting methods Leverage our 19+ years testing software.
5. UAT Team Various team members, such as business analysts, stakeholders, and technical support, who assist with the UAT phase, as well as resources and tools. Define the size of, and participants on, the test team Define the size of, and participants on, the test script writing team that provides the end users with instruction Define business project resources required for UAT support Ensure that testing environments are created Verify that testing data is prepared Identify testing tools Determine the UAT cycle location Specify the necessary technical support for the UAT phase
6. UAT Training Activate Your Competitive Participants look to perform UAT with various levels of testing Advantage experience so training will be required. Leverage our 19+ years testing software. Determine what type of training will be needed Determine who will present this training PQA Testing is the leading Canadian solutions provider of independent, Determine when training will be presented objective and unbiased software testing services. Determine who will participate in the training Invite us to help make your software testing the best it can be. 7. UAT Execution 1-855-455-7725 Host UAT kickoff for stakeholders sales@pqatesting.com Complete reporting schedules and processes http://www.pqatesting.com Conduct triage meetings for defects
