What is Acceptance
Testing?
Acceptance testing, a testing technique
performed to determine whether or not the software system has met the
requirement specifications. The main purpose of this test is to evaluate the
system's compliance with the business requirements and verify if it is has met
the required criteria for delivery to end users.
There are various forms of
acceptance testing:
·
User acceptance Testing
·
Business acceptance Testing
·
Alpha Testing
·
Beta Testing
Acceptance
Testing - In SDLC
The following diagram explains the fitment of acceptance testing
in the software development life cycle.
The acceptance test cases are executed against
the test data or using an acceptance test script and then the results are
compared with the expected ones.
Acceptance
Criteria
Acceptance criteria are defined on the basis of the following
attributes
·
Functional Correctness
and Completeness
·
Data Integrity
·
Data Conversion
·
Usability
·
Performance
·
Timeliness
·
Confidentiality and
Availability
·
Installability and
Upgradability
·
Scalability
·
Documentation
Acceptance
Test Plan - Attributes
The acceptance test activities are carried out
in phases. Firstly, the basic tests are executed, and if the test results are
satisfactory then the execution of more complex scenarios are carried out.
The Acceptance test plan has the following
attributes:
·
Introduction
·
Acceptance Test Category
·
operation Environment
·
Test case ID
·
Test Title
·
Test Objective
·
Test Procedure
·
Test Schedule
·
Resources
The acceptance test activities are designed to reach at one of the
conclusions:
1.
Accept the system as
delivered
2.
Accept the system after
the requested modifications have been made
3.
Do not accept the system
Acceptance
Test Report - Attributes
The Acceptance test Report has the following attributes:
·
Report Identifier
·
Summary of Results
·
Variations
·
Recommendations
·
Summary of To-DO List
·
Approval Decision
