User Acceptance Testing

Brian Hambling and Pauline van Goethem have nearly 60 years’ combined experience in the IT industry in a wide variety of development, testing and project management roles. Brian has been Chair of the Software Testing Examination Board at BCS and an examiner at the International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB). Pauline is a member of the ISTQB Glossary review team.

• Introduction1 The importance of UAT2 Business requirements3 Testing basics for UAT4 The UAT team5 UAT as transition6 Preparing for UAT - Planning7 Test design for UAT8 Implementing the tests9 Evaluating the system10 Life after UATAppendices

As someone who started his career in testing by being told to leave the comfort of my data processing team to UAT a new system I know how hard it is to understand what is required of UA testers as to date there has been very little written or provided to help. This book comfortably fills the void that exists to help UA testers understand their role and the many tasks they have to undertake.