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Jeff DaltonGreat Big Agilehttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4206-3_8

8. Acceptance Testing

Jeff Dalton1 
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Waterford, MI, USA
 

Description

Acceptance testing, also known as User Acceptance Testing (UAT), provides the customer with an opportunity to validate that the product increment or released system is able to handle real-life scenarios and transactions. Some of this can be addressed in Sprint Demos/Reviews, but often systems become so complicated that more formal acceptance testing is required. To get the most valuable feedback, testing should be performed by an actual end user, or qualified designate, and should be conducted on the production system in the actual or simulated production environment. The goals of UAT include ...

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